David Crockett's Autobiography: A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee

Davy Crockett—frontier humorist and teller of tall tales, politician, rough-and-ready hero—comes vividly to life in what is usually known as his Autobiography. Few figures in American history have been so thoroughly wrapped in legend. From buckskin-clad myth to Alamo martyr, Crockett has long stood at the crossroads of history and folklore, his real voice nearly lost beneath the stories told about him. Modern readers will therefore welcome Michael A. Lofaro’s treatment of Crockett’s 1834 Na...