"Many suppose that Daniel Boone was a rough, coarse backwoodsman, almost
as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase, or the Indians whose
terrors he so perseveringly braved. Instead of this he was one of the
most mild and unboastful of men." --John S.C. Abbott, Preface, 1872
American historian John S.C. Abbott wrote Daniel Boone--The Pioneer of
Kentucky (1872) as part of his American Pioneers and Patriots series.
Daniel Boone, (1734-1820), an American pioneer, frontiersman, and
legendary hero who is most famous for his exploration and settlement of
what is now Kentucky.