Book Review: Blood and Treasure

Daniel Boone and the unsheathing of Goliath's sword.

I wasn’t expecting to read this book so soon. I had been looking for a biography of Daniel Boone for a while, though not urgently, and found a copy of this on clearance for $5.99. Serendipitous, so why not?

The book had a place reserved on my shelf where it would collect dust for a while. Then I read the first line. And then I kept reading. And then, I put some other reading on hold so I could dedicate some time to finishing it. This book grabbed me as if I were a fish, thinking he was about to nibble on a nice worm and swim away in peace.

Here is the first line: