Book Reviews & Storytelling
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Courtesy of The State Historical Society of Missouri
‘With Me the World has Taken Great Liberties’
As Franklin, Jefferson and Washington were enshrined as founders of the American Republic and exemplars of man in civil society, their contemporary Daniel Boone won fame at the beginning of the westward movement as a man in a state of nature. Read more
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Daniel Boone Steps Through Time
In late spring 1769, Daniel Boone, America’s pioneer hero, made his first excursion through the Cumberland Gap into the storied land of “ken-te-ke,” setting in motion America’s eventual westward movement. Read more
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“It was on the first of May, in the year 1769…”
Cumberland Gap—that fabled portal through the Appalachian Mountain barrier—was the passage through which arose America’s great westward movement. A quarter of a million westering settlers and more passed through that notch beginning in 1775. Read more
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Bringing Daniel Boone to Life
Theater artist Kevin Hardesty portrays Kentucky’s most famous character in “Daniel Boone: The First Kentuckian.” Read more
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Copy of old print by Clair Burket.
Echoes from the Valley
Sarah Ransom has been working with a local Junior Appalachian Musicians group, which introduced her to Appalachian storytelling and the history. She was asked to write a fictional story based on historic events in Johnson County, Tennessee. Read more
Guy Smalley illustration • smmalleyart.com
Just Going Through a Phase
A couple of months ago I stood outside on a cold, clear night and turned my eyes to the sky. I watched as a shadow inched across the glowing orb of the moon until it fully covered it, transforming the moon into the image of a dark reddish ball. Read more
Apr 1, 2019
Courtesy of The State Historical Society of Missouri
‘With Me the World has Taken Great Liberties’
As Franklin, Jefferson and Washington were enshrined as founders of the American Republic and exemplars of man in civil society, their contemporary Daniel Boone won fame at the beginning of the westward movement as a man in a state of nature. Read more
Apr 1, 2019
Daniel Boone Steps Through Time
In late spring 1769, Daniel Boone, America’s pioneer hero, made his first excursion through the Cumberland Gap into the storied land of “ken-te-ke,” setting in motion America’s eventual westward movement. Read more
Apr 1, 2019
“It was on the first of May, in the year 1769…”
Cumberland Gap—that fabled portal through the Appalachian Mountain barrier—was the passage through which arose America’s great westward movement. A quarter of a million westering settlers and more passed through that notch beginning in 1775. Read more
Apr 1, 2019
Bringing Daniel Boone to Life
Theater artist Kevin Hardesty portrays Kentucky’s most famous character in “Daniel Boone: The First Kentuckian.” Read more
Apr 1, 2019
Copy of old print by Clair Burket.
Echoes from the Valley
Sarah Ransom has been working with a local Junior Appalachian Musicians group, which introduced her to Appalachian storytelling and the history. She was asked to write a fictional story based on historic events in Johnson County, Tennessee. Read more
Feb 1, 2019
Photo by James E. Westcott, Official US Army Photographer for the Manhattan Project. American Museum of Science and Energy, amse.org.
