Author : William R. Chemerka
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781571683199
Alphabetically arranged entries and lists provide information about the life of Davy Crockett.
Author : William Groneman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 15,6 MB
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780765310682
Perhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David ("Davy") Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 insured his place in the Valhalla of American heroes. A gregarious, fun-loving man, Crockett was capable of spinning the tallest of tales, but the truth of his life was far more fascinating than the myth. His hunting and exploration adventures, his service as a soldier under Andrew Jackson in the Creek Indian War of 1813, his rise in politics to the United States Congress, his incessant search for "elbow room" that took him to Texas – these were the real fabric of a heroic life. In writing of the historical Crockett, Groneman dispels the myths to discover the genuine hero beneath them. He writes at length of the defense of the Alamo, describes how Crockett's reputation and heroism have been tainted by revisionist historians, and presents new evidence that the Tennessean's heroics during the siege have, if anything, been understated.
Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,68 MB
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1453229256
A murder in a crowded Broadway theater presents a full house of suspects—the first in this classic mystery series starring Ellery Queen! Despite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds. A gangland spectacle, it’s packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire. In fact, Gunplay is so loud that no one notices the killing of Monte Field. In a sold-out theater, Field is found dead partway through the second act, surrounded by empty seats. The police hold the crowd and call for the one man who can untangle this daring murder: Inspector Richard Queen. With the help of his son Ellery, a bibliophile and novelist whose imagination can solve any crime, the Inspector attacks this seemingly impenetrable mystery. Anyone in the theater could have killed the unscrupulous lawyer, and several had the motive. Only Ellery Queen, in his debut novel, can decipher the clue of the dead man’s missing top hat.
Author : Judy L. Hasday
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : 1604135921
The life of the famous frontiersman, soldier and politician.
Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 46,87 MB
Release : 2011-07-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393081443
"Vivid, Comprehensible . . . cuts through decades of mythmaking." —Texas Monthly Popular culture transformed his memory into “Davy Crockett,” and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. In this surprising New York Times bestseller, historian Michael Wallis has cast a fresh look at the flesh-and-blood man behind one of the most celebrated figures in American history. More than a riveting story, Wallis’s David Crockett is a revelatory, authoritative biography that separates fact from fiction and provides us with an extraordinary evocation of not only a true American hero but also the rough-and-tumble times in which he lived.
Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 18,52 MB
Release : 2011-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393067580
A biography of the legendary frontiersman, soldier, and martyr examines his life--from hunting bears in the unspoiled countryside to helping defend the Alamo--and aims to dispel long-held myths.
Author : Davy Crockett
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 31,70 MB
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780803263253
Even as a pup, Davy Crockett "always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger." In his own inimitable style, he describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. His reputation as a b'ar hunter (he killed 105 in one season) sent him to Congress, and he was voted in and out as the price of cotton (and his relations with the Jacksonians) rose and fell. In 1834, when this autobiography appeared, Davy Crockett was already a folk hero with an eye on the White House. But a year later he would lose his seat in Congress and turn toward Texas and, ultimately, the Alamo.
Author : Richard Penn Smith
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 1845
Category : Texas
ISBN :
Author : Michael Lofaro
Publisher : Stackpole Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,2 MB
Release : 2017-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811737432
The legendary feats of Davy Crockett, who could tree a ghost, ride his thirty-seven-foot-long alligator up Niagara Falls, and drink up the Mississippi River, are common knowledge to devotees of this nineteenth-century comic superhero. But what may come as a surprise to many is that the legendary frontiersman also served as the fictional narrator of a collection of outrageous tall tales about women in the same Crocket Almanacs in which he "recorded" his own adventures. Conceived as a marketing device by nineteenth-century publishers hoping to gain a share of the lucrative almanac market, such stories made these slim volumes the best-selling and longest-running series of comic almanacs published in the United States before the Civil War. Booking back at them now, the Crocket Almanacs offer a true "fun house mirror" view of the culture of antebellum America.
Author : William R. Chemerka
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9781571681508
Contains a brief history of the Texas Revolution and the siege and battle of the Alamo; features a chronology of events at the Alamo from 1519 to 1997; provides an alphabetical listing of people, items, and events related to the Alamo; and includes reference lists.
