An autobiography of the American adventurer Davey Crockett.The first part consists of "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett", written while Crockett was serving as a US Congressman. The second part, "Colonel Crockett's Adventures and Exploits in Texas", purportedly consists of a diary journal that runs from the time Crockett lost his re-election campaign, to the time he
An autobiography of the American adventurer Davey Crockett.The first part consists of "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett", written while Crockett was serving as a US Congressman. The second part, "Colonel Crockett's Adventures and Exploits in Texas", purportedly consists of a diary journal that runs from the time Crockett lost his re-election campaign, to the time he was killed while defending the Alamo in Texas; there is some evidence that it was actually assembled by a ghostwriter after Crockett's death.
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Library Binding
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328 pages
Published
September 28th 1991
by Reprint Services Corporation
Colonel David Stern Crockett was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; referred to in popular culture as Davy Crockett and often by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier." He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo. His nickname was the stuff
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Davy Crockett
Colonel David Stern Crockett was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; referred to in popular culture as Davy Crockett and often by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier." He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo. His nickname was the stuff of legend, but in life he shunned the title "Davy" and referred to himself exclusively as "David".
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