It is the mid-18th century, colonists were desperate to conquer and settle North America's "First Frontier" beyond the Appalachian Mountains, resulting in battles against the Native Americans, the French, and the mother country itself. Here the story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women who witnessed it, with Daniel Boone as the colorful protagonist. Much as they did in Valley Forge and The Heart of Everything That Is, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin bring history to life, offering a flesh and blood portrait of the frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legend.