<P> Like John Filson , Timothy Flint also interviewed Boone , and his Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone , the First Settler of Kentucky ( 1833 ) became one of the best - selling biographies of the 19th century . Flint greatly embellished Boone 's adventures , doing for Boone what Parson Weems did for George Washington . In Flint 's book , Boone fought hand - to - paw with a bear , escaped from Indians by swinging on vines ( as Tarzan would later do ) , and so on . Although Boone 's family thought the book was absurd , Flint greatly influenced the popular conception of Boone , since these tall tales were recycled in countless dime novels and books aimed at young boys . </P>
who wrote an important biography of daniel boone creating america 's first action hero
Timothy Flint