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Author Pearl, Matthew, author.

Title The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / Matthew Pearl.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
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Description 272 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.
Summary Explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone, Daniel Boone's daughter, by a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party and the ensuing battle with reverberations that nobody could predict.
Subject Boone, Jemima -- Captivity.
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
Indian captivities -- Kentucky -- History -- 18th century.
Indians of North America -- Kentucky -- History -- 18th century.
Kentucky -- History -- 18th century.
ISBN 9780062937780
0062937782
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