Author: John Mason Brown
Illustrator: Lee J. Ames
Publisher: Random House
Series: Landmark Books
Publication Year: 1952
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: First Landmark edition (1952)
Condition:
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Book: Very Good — clean, solid, well-preserved
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Dust Jacket: Very Good — light edge wear only, protected in Brodart
Printing: Ninth printing (as noted)
Manufactured: United States
Description (reader-appeal, boutique tone)
Published in 1952 as part of Random House’s celebrated Landmark Books series, Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness brings early American frontier history vividly to life. John Mason Brown’s narrative balances historical rigor with an accessible, cinematic sense of adventure, while Lee J. Ames’s illustrations capture the movement, tension, and mythic scale of the American frontier.
Landmark Books were designed to spark a lifelong interest in history, and this title remains one of the series’ most evocative — exploring not just Boone the man, but the larger story of exploration, conflict, and expansion that shaped early America.
This copy is particularly appealing for collectors and readers alike: the book itself remains in very good condition, and the dust jacket shows only modest edge wear, now preserved in a clear Brodart protective cover. A classic mid-century example of American historical publishing,