American Legend - The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett Hardcover - 2005
by Levy, Buddy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
The new popular biography of one of America's most enduring symbols of the Old West.
David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a tragic hero who died at the Alamo. But the life of the real Crockett has been largely obscured and overshadowed by his mythology, turning this honest, unassuming backwoodsman into a larger-than-life, Disney-fied character in a coonskin cap.
In his short but distinguished lifetime, Crockett became America's original celebrity, frequently written about in newspapers and becoming an integral part of the folklore of his day. Opportunistic and clever, and presciently media-savvy, Crockett parlayed his humble origins to his advantage, using his charismatic frontiersman persona to win elections as a three-time U.S. Congressman and even a nomination as presidential candidate. The 1834 publication of his memoir, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett-by Himself, one of the first autobiographies of its kind, went through seven printings, and sent Crockett on the first-ever book tour across the Eastern seaboard.
At heart, Crockett was unassuming and down-to-earth, obstinate and independent to a fault. In a beautifully descriptive narrative, American Legend takes readers from Crockett's childhood hardships, near-death experiences, and meager education through his unlikely rise to Congress. Though his death at the Alamo on March 6, 1836, only added to his considerable fame and notoriety, the common David Crockett emerges here as never before: a rugged individual, an American original, and an enduring symbol of the American frontier.
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- Title American Legend - The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett
- Author Levy, Buddy
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; First Printing
- Condition New
- Pages 339
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
- Date 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 25741
- ISBN 9780399152788 / 0399152784
- Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 6.38 x 1.11 in (23.27 x 16.21 x 2.82 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Legislators - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005053472
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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