You re never going to find it.
Not easily, anyhow. You ll have to look in places where you wouldn t think it d be, beneath, behind and beyond, left, right and in front of you. Don t give up, or you ll never discover what you re looking for. As in the new book Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, what you seek is waiting.
While today s pre-teen is often still closely watched by his parents when he leaves the house, 9-year-old Daniel Boone made his own weapon.
Tasked with watching his father s cattle, Boone would sneak off into the woods that ringed the animals pasture, where he hunted small game with a rifle and the war club he d made himself. Before he was a teenager, he d learned that observing his prey could determine its habits, a skill that allowed him to regularly contribute to the Boone family s meals and supplies.