An early American adage proclaimed: "The frontier was heaven for
men and dogs face=Calibri>- hell for women and mules." Since the
1700s, when his name first appeared in print, Daniel Boone has been
synonymous with America's westward expansion and life on the
frontier. Traces is a retelling of Boone's saga through the eyes of
his wife, Rebecca, and her two oldest daughters, Susannah and
Jemima. Daniel became a mythic figure during his lifetime, but his
fame fueled backwoods gossip that bedeviled the Boone women
throughout their lives, most notably the widespread suspicion that
one of Rebecca's children was fathered by Daniel's younger brother.
Traces explores the origins of these rumors, exposes the harsh
realities of frontier life, and gives voice to the women whose
vibrant lives have been reduced to little more than scattered
footnotes within the historical record. Daniel's restless wandering
made the women eyewitnesses to the clash of cultures between the
settlers and the indigenous tribes who fought to retain control of
their native lands made life on the frontier an ongoing struggle
for survival. Patricia L. Hudson gives voice to these women, each
of whom were pioneers in their own right. The Boone women's joys
and sorrows, as well as those of countless other forgotten women
who braved the frontier, are invisibly woven into the fabric of
America's early years and the story of this country's westward
expansion.
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