David Crockett: The Lion of the West
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Book Overview
His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into "Davy Crockett," and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Best-selling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories. Born into a humble Tennessee family in 1786, Crockett never "killed him a b'ar" when he was only three. But he did cut a...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393067580
ISBN13:9780393067583
Release Date:May 2011
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Editorial marring of good story - after only 20 pages.
Published by JMTD , 2 months ago
How can a book focused on the life and adventures of this great patriot, allow an early (page 20) geographical error to mar the narrative? Shame on all parties for letting Washington, DC,
be identified as being "less than seventy miles NORTHWEST" of Winchester, VA.
David Crockett, the frontiersman who knew his compass coordinates as well as anyone, would be aghast.
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