Celebrated as one of American's frontier heroes, Daniel Boone left a legacy that made the Boone name almost synonymous with frontier settlement. This text presents the life story and achievements of his youngest son and important frontiersman, Nathan Boone.

R. Douglas Hurt is Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Agricultural History and Rural Studies at Iowa State University in Ames. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950 and Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie.

The Missouri Biography Series, edited by William E. Foley