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American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett Paperback - 2006

by Buddy Levy

THE REAL KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER

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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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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BEFORE THE MYTH AND LEGEND of Davy Crockett surfaced there lived the real man, David Crockett, born August 17, 1786, "at the mouth of Lime Stone on the Nola-chucky river" in present-day Greene County, east of Knoxville, Tennessee.

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  • Title American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett
  • Author Buddy Levy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1St Edition
  • Pages 339
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date December 5, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780425210086 / 0425210081
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.06 x 0.76 in (22.76 x 15.39 x 1.93 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Legislators - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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