Nonfiction Book Discussion

Please join us for a discussion of The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue that Shaped America by Matthew Pearl on Thursday April 14th at 1:30 p.m.

On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro, the echoes of their faraway screams lingering on the air. A Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party has taken the girls as the latest salvo in the blood feud between American Indians and the colonial settlers who have decimated native lands and resources. Hanging Maw, the raiders' leader, recognizes one of the captives as Jemima Boone, daughter of Kentucky's most influential pioneers, and realizes she could be a valuable pawn in the battle to drive the colonists out of the contested Kentucky territory for good. With Daniel Boone and his posse in pursuit, Hanging Maw devises a plan that could ultimately bring greater peace both to the tribes and the colonists.

In this enthralling narrative, Matthew Pearl unearths a forgotten and dramatic series of events from early in the Revolutionary War that opens a window into America's transition from colony to nation, with the heavy moral costs incurred amid shocking new alliances and betrayals.

Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved for pickup at the library.

Please note that this will be a hybrid event. Participants are invited to join us in person or via zoom.

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