| 词汇 | daniel boone |
| 词源 | Daniel Boone. “A good gun, a good horse, and a good wife,” in that order, were the ingredients for Daniel Boone’s prescrip- tion for happiness. The American pioneer’s name has long been synonymous with a frontiersman, an intrepid explorer or hunt- er, and a resourceful backwoodsman. Boone’s accomplishments have been exaggerated in popular accounts, but there is no doubt that his explorations opened the way for millions. Born near Reading, Pennsylvania, the great folk hero moved to North Carolina with his Quaker family in his early years. After serving under British General Braddock as a wagoner, he ex- plored Florida, and fought as a lieutenant colonel of militia during the American Revolution, among many other activities. But his major contribution was the blazing of the famous Wil- derness Road, which he and a band of 30 men forged in March, 1775, to found Boonesboro on the Kentucky River. Daniel and his wife, Rebecca, figure in more frontier lore than any other pioneers, and he has been commemorated in numerous place names. Boone was 86 when he died in 1820, a legend in his own time. |
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