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Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier

By Bob Thompson
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By Bob Thompson
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Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he has been repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In Born on a Mountaintop, Bob Thompson combines the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife as he delves deep into our love for an American icon.
In the road-trip tradition of Sarah Vowell and Tony Horwitz, Thompson follows Crockett's footsteps ...

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HistoryBiographyUnited States HistoryHistorical Biography19th Century United States History - General & MiscellaneousUnited States History - Western, Plains & Rocky Mountain RegionHistorical Biography - United StatesTexas - Revolution & RepublicWestern United States - History - General & MiscellaneousHistorical Biography - United States - 19th Century