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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
OMG, how Morgan does go on. This 20-hour audio book could easily have been 15 hours if an editor had managed to restrain Morgan's verbosity. Points raised over and over again, sometimes in anticipation of their place in the timeline, then at their occurrence, are then pointed back to at some later point in the narrative. I particularly had to laugh when Morgan accused some 19th-century biographers of Boone of indulging in purple prose, only to turn to it himself in the very same chapter. Morgan also seems oddly comfortable saying that whether or not some particular story about Boone really occurred does not matter; that it nonetheless reveals such-and-such about Boone's character.
I simply cannot recommend this book, but neither can I point you to some alternative. Wikipedia, perhaps?
[Audiobook note: Especially at first, narrator James Jenner seemed to me to take much-too-long pauses between sentences and paragraphs. Later, he either sped up or I had become accustomed to his rhythm.]
I simply cannot recommend this book, but neither can I point you to some alternative. Wikipedia, perhaps?
[Audiobook note: Especially at first, narrator James Jenner seemed to me to take much-too-long pauses between sentences and paragraphs. Later, he either sped up or I had become accustomed to his rhythm.]
Very interesting biography. Boone is a local hero where I live. His boyhood homestead os no too far from here. But I learned much from this book.
It's lengthy so it's not for everyone. And if you like your Daniel Boone as shown on the Disney movie, you will be disappointed. But if you want to know the real Boone, read the book.
It's lengthy so it's not for everyone. And if you like your Daniel Boone as shown on the Disney movie, you will be disappointed. But if you want to know the real Boone, read the book.
It's good and busy.
We have a lot going on in this one. It's enough to make your head spin. Bone is surprisingly endearing with his high handed ways and Charley is very relatable. The wrap up was a little too quick for my taste, and there are no sex scenes but there's a happy ending for your time.
We have a lot going on in this one. It's enough to make your head spin. Bone is surprisingly endearing with his high handed ways and Charley is very relatable. The wrap up was a little too quick for my taste, and there are no sex scenes but there's a happy ending for your time.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
slow-paced
Extremely slow read. Felt like it was padded out with a lot of extraneous detail; also found the actual style a bit off-putting, particularly the way Morgan would write a list as "a, b, c" rather than "a, b, and c". Found the final chapter where Morgan explicitly lays out his theme about Boone and his impact on both the American psyche and the world a bit of a stretch.