Ep. 18: Daniel Boone - American Woodsman (Part 3)

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This is part three and our final episode in our series on Daniel Boone. On this episode, we'll go in depth about his life from when he was 35 years old to his death at age 86. We’ll again interview acclaimed writers Steve Rinella and Robert Morgan about Boone’s impact on American identity and culture. We’ll explore the highlights of Boone’s life including the rescue of his daughter, rumors of his wife’s unfaithfulness, his stint as a Virginia legislature, and the controversy around where Boone is buried. Then we'll explore Boone’s identification as a woodsman and his impact on American’s view and utilization of wilderness with Dr. Daniel Rupp. Lastly, Clay makes an appeal that the American woodsman deserves a lasting place at the table of American identity.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Janice Patelis.
0:01.4	And I'm Jordan Bud.
0:02.5	Jordan and I have spent our lives in the outdoors, both as hunters and professional guys.
0:08.6	And on Meet Eaters newest podcast, Gear Talk, we're taking the ultimate deep dive into the tools and gear we rely on in the field,
0:15.9	seeing the natural season.
0:17.1	We're talking classic, don't leave home without it,
0:20.2	staples, to the cutting edge and outdoor equipment.
0:23.3	Listen to Gear Talk on the iHeart Radio app on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
0:36.9	Daniel Boone in his actions and his life, real or mythical, embodied what the American people wanted to see happen in the wilderness.
0:47.7	They wanted to see man in the wilderness, thriving and dominating and conquering, because that's a good story.
0:55.3	Because that's a good story.
0:57.3	And so whether it happened or not, we wrote it deep down because we wanted to read it.
1:03.3	On this third and final episode of the Daniel Boone series on the Bear Geese podcast, we're going to cover Boone's life from 35 years of age to the grave,
1:14.7	or at least where we think his grave is.
1:17.3	We'll explore Boone's adoption as a shani, the heroic rescue of his daughter, rumors of his wife's unfaithfulness, him killing 155 bears in one season, his financial failures, and his character.
1:30.9	We're in search of who Boone was, his significance in American culture, and perhaps you'll find his fingerprints on your life.
1:40.3	Heroes are conduits of value systems and will evaluate the one deposited by the old back woodsman.
1:47.7	The trail has been steep and thick, but we're about to ascend to the hilltop and see Boone's grand vista.
1:56.5	You're not going to want to miss this one.
1:59.5	So Boone's story is really the story of this country, good and bad.
2:12.5	My name is Clay Nukum, and this is the Bear Geese podcast, where we'll explore things forgotten but relevant.
2:19.9	Search for insight in unlikely places, and where we'll tell the story of Americans who live their lives close to the land.
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