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Indian attack, disease, even near-starvation--early pioneers faced these and more. Never one to run away from danger, frontiersman Simon Kenton used his scouting skills to aid them whenever he could. Rifle loaded, Kenton crept as silently as an Indian to rescue kidnapped settlers. His narrow escapes from Shawnee Indians rivaled those of his famous friend, Daniel Boone. Simon's influence on the events of his day can be gauged by the men he counted as friends--the daring military leader George Rogers Clark, fellow frontiersman Boone, and the renegade Simon Girty, whom settlers loved to hate. Bravely facing gauntlets and tortures, Kenton earned great respect from the Shawnee, and admiration from the pioneers. But would the death sentence of burning at the stake be his undoing? Tramp the woods with frontiersman Simon Kenton and gain a new appreciation for what the pioneers faced as they sought to claim their own slice of wilderness on the Ohio frontier.

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I personally have to say that I love, love, love what you are doing with this project!!! I have read three Simon Kenton books (Eckert, Kenton and Clark-along with hours upon hours of internet research while putting together the Kenton Kin's new website) in the last year, so I have a fair point of reference. It is easy to see that you have researched your subject well and I appreciate that you are making every effort to keep things historically accurate. I know I speak for all of the Kenton Kin Association, when I say we take our family history seriously. As a group the primary objective of our organization shall be to promote the life and deeds of General Simon Kenton, frontiersman, scout and protector of early Kentucky. To promote Kenton genealogy. Encourage family unity and fellowship. Preserve Kenton artifacts and historical accuracy. In this regard, you have hit a home run and I am behind your project 100% - I support what you are doing all the way! Marc Faulkner assistant editor The Kenton Kin Association Karen Meyer has done it again with this new title on the life of one of the major figures in the settlement of the Colonial frontier. Thrown into an adventurous life at a early age, Simon Kenton gained a place in history as the frontier developed. Ms Meyer has caught the flavor of the tumultuous times and events and the personalities who were close to Kenton in this book aimed at the Middle School reader. Middle School literature teachers speak of how difficult it is to find books for this age level that appeal to young boys and Ms Meyer has perfectly hit that spot. Highly recommended to any young reader, or their teachers. Boone Morrison 4x great grandson of Daniel Boone

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Karen writes to excite young readers about pioneer history. She enjoys visiting schools as Grandma Sarah, a pioneer woman from her series, Settlers of the Ohio Frontier. Ohio has many famous historical figures, so Karen took up her pen to introduce John Rankin and John Parker (from Ripley, Ohio) and Orville and Wilbur Wright (from Dayton, Ohio). Writing a youth biography of Simon Kenton has been a longtime goal, ever since Kenton appeared in her first novel, Conflict at Chillicothe.

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