The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, April 26 in the former JSF Conference Room (now Right Eye Graphics). Coffee and conversation at 2:00 pm; book discussion at 2:30 pm.
The April selection is Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. In mid-18th century, anxious colonists are desperate to conquer and settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and England in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world. The guide to this epic narrative is America’s first pathfinder, Daniel Boone – the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legends. The story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women, white and Native American, who witnessed it. This fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America’s “First Frontier” that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.
The book group is open to all and new members are always welcome. We encourage suggestions for the 2022 reading list.
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, April 26 in the former JSF Conference Room (now Right Eye Graphics). Coffee and conversation at 2:00 pm; book discussion at 2:30 pm.
The April selection is Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. In mid-18th century, anxious colonists are desperate to conquer and settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and England in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world. The guide to this epic narrative is America’s first pathfinder, Daniel Boone – the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legends. The story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women, white and Native American, who witnessed it. This fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America’s “First Frontier” that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.
The book group is open to all and new members are always welcome. We encourage suggestions for the 2022 reading list.
