Reviews

"... a thrilling adventure about famed 18th-century frontiersman Daniel Boone. The storytelling is immediate and swift...Gripping prose relates Boone's experiences as the Shawnee hold him captive from February to June in 1778, until he makes a daring escape to warn fellow settlers of an impending attack. Hoyt's skillful blend of close-ups and eye-level perspectives pulls readers right into the action."

~ Publishers Weekly

As dramatic as the tale are Hoyt’s expressively crosshatched line-and-watercolor illustrations, which depict such extraordinary events as Boone’s running the Shawnee’s gauntlet without straying into the exaggeration of a tall tale. Ample evidence of why Boone remains the stuff of legends."

~ Kirkus Reviews

"For young readers interested in history and those who are drawn to adventure, this true story is a compelling one."

~ School Library Journal

"the pictures created with watercolor, colored pencil, and ink, and with lots of crosshatching practically jump off the two-page spreads. No doubt kids will be caught up in the adventure..."

~ Booklist

"For most young people, history is usually reduced to a long list of boring dates --or worse, bad cartoons. Michael P. Spradlin's thrilling tale of Daniel Boone isn't that kind of history. It is a remarkable true story of a real person doing extraordinary things. And his exciting adventure of the real Daniel Boone proves that the true story is always more intriguing than the myths and legends we often create. It is a great read -- and great history!"

~ Kenneth C. Davis, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Don't Know Much About History.