by Allan W. Eckert. Hardbound, 309 pages, 6" x 9". Based on a true, but little-known episode in Daniel Boone's life, Allan Eckert's first full-length novel recreates the legendary frontiersman's most severe test - the trial for his life at Boonesborough in 1778. He faces court-martial and hanging for such high crimes as betraying his command to the Indians, conspiring to surrender Boonesborough, consorting with the enemy, and accepting favors from the British. A rousing, highly suspenseful story of the famous frontier hero with a historian's attention to the facts and a novelist's sure feeling for the danger and adventure of the 18th century wilderness.