Filson's seminal work on the early history of Kentucky, including the first published account of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. Filson's work was an u

John Filson's, "The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucky: And an Essay Towards the Topography, and Natural History of that Important Country: To

"'If any word in the American story connotes enchantment, it is undoubtedly 'West,' and of the myriad elements of thsi magic, John Filson's 'Discovery, Settleme