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Hammon also signed books in the store before and after his talk. He talked about each of the historical books he has authored. Virginia’s Western War co-authored with Richard Taylor is a definitive work on the region and the time period. Hammon quipped though, that publishers chose a title he was not always in agreement with. Although it is technically correct that this area was actually Virginia (Kentucky did not become a state until 1792) the book is often overlooked by bookstores and readers as not appropriate to Kentucky.
Hammon also authored My Father Daniel Boone from the writings of Boone’s son Nathan as recorded in the Lyman Draper Papers. Hammon surprised the audience when he said that in the time since that book was published he has done further research into the subject and now disagrees with some of what Nathan Boone reported to Lyman Draper.
Hammon is considered the expert in information on land claims in Kentucky. He has spent countless hours pouring over records and producing maps of the area covered by the land claims. His research now shows that Boone sold much of the land he originally claimed and surveyed and that he was not as destitute and in debt when he left for Missouri as the Nathan Boone accounts claim.
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