Of all men, saving Sylla, the man-slayer, Who passes for in life and death most lucky Of the great names which in our faces stare,The General Boon, back-woodsman of Kentucky,Was happiest amongst mortals any where;For killing nothing but a bear or buck, heEnjoyed the lonely vigorous, harmless daysOf his old age in wilds of deepest maze.
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Daniel Boone was a 18th-century American pioneer and frontiersman. Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. Read more on Wikipedia →