![]() ![]() It’s rather remarkable that he managed to have such a large family, because his hunting and exploring expeditions frequently kept him away from home and his wife, Rebecca, sometimes for up to two years at a stretch. ![]() When Daniel was 16, the Boones moved to North Carolina, possibly because the family was shunned after two of the children married non-Quakers it made an impression on Daniel, because never went back to church, although he still considered himself a Christian, and he had all of his 10 children baptized. He usually took a book or two on his longer expeditions - often the Bible or Gulliver’s Travels - and would entertain the other men by reading them stories around the campfire of an evening. He enjoyed hunting from a young age, employing both European and Native American techniques, and though he did learn to read and write, hunting and outdoor pursuits made up the bulk of his education. ![]() He was born near Reading, Pennsylvania his father, Squire, was a weaver and a blacksmith, and the family were Quakers. Boone himself considered October 22 to be his birthday. His birth date is sometimes given as November 2, because the “new style” Gregorian calendar was adopted during his lifetime. Today is the birthday of frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734). “ What she craved” by Marge Piercy, from The Art of Blessing the Day. ![]()
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