An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
Ep. 288: Viscera and Bones
August 30, 2021
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Books Referenced
Author: Alan Eckert
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Ted Blue mentions reading this book about Simon Kenton and describes it as 'a tremendous book.' He credits this book with rekindling his childhood interest in Daniel Boone and frontier history.
Author: Ted Blue
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Ted Blue's book that came out on September 26th (the anniversary of Boone's death), covering the controversy about where Daniel Boone is buried and his final years in Missouri. Includes forensic evidence about Boone's skull.
Author: Ted Blue
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Steve Rinella's personal favorite of Ted Blue's books, which tells the stories and methodologies of the Long Hunters. This book won the Western Writers of America award for Best Short Nonfiction.
Author: John Filson
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Referenced multiple times as the first biography of Daniel Boone, published in the 1780s. Ted Blue describes it as containing a biographical account of Boone and notes how 'incredibly dark and brooding and bloody it really was.'
Author: Ted Blue
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Steve Rinella mentions this as one of Ted Blue's books that he read and calls it 'a good ass book.' It covers the history of buffalo hunting east of the Mississippi.