The text comprises an account of Boone's early history, his daring and remarkable career as the first settler of Kentucky, his thrilling adventures with the Indians, and his wonderful skill, coolness and sagacity under all the hazardous and trying circumstances of Western border life Daniel Boone's autobiography (orig. published 1784) is appended at the end of the book. Daniel Boone is one of the best known and best loved figures in the early history of our country - and his story is one of the most thrilling in its annals. Cecil B. Hartley, the biographer of the Empress Josephine proves a very capable transcriber of some of America's greatest frontier memories.