American Legend : The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett
by Buddy Levy
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- ISBN 13
- 9780399152788
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David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a U.S. congressman and a presidential nomination. His 1834 memoir enjoyed frenzied sales and prompted the first-ever "official" book tour for its enormously popular author. Down-to-earth, heroic, and independent to a fault, the real Crockett became lost in his own hype - and he's been overshadowed by a larger-than-life pop-culture character in a coonskin cap.Now, American Legend debunks the tall tales to reveal the fascinating truth of Crockett's hardscrabble childhood, his near-death experiences, his unlikely rise to Congress - and the controversial last stand at the Alamo that mythologized him beyond recognition. In this beautifully written narrative, Crockett emerges as never before - a rugged individual, a true American original, and an enduring symbol of the Western frontier.
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- Title
- American Legend : The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett
- Author
- Buddy Levy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- 3
- ISBN 10
- 0399152784
- ISBN 13
- 9780399152788
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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