A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee

by David Crockett, Paul Andrew Hutton

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803263253
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	09/01/1987
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	211
Sales rank:	536,683
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.63(d)
Lexile:	1160L (what's this?)

About the Author

Paul Andrew Hutton introduces this Bison Book edition of Davy Crockett's own story. Hutton, a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, is the author of the prize-winning Phil Sheridan and His Army, also a Bison Book.

Table of Contents

	Foreword to the New Edition	v
	Introduction to the New Edition	ix
	Preface	3
Chapter I13
Chapter II29
Chapter III45
Chapter IV57
Chapter V71
Chapter VI83
Chapter VII101
Chapter VIII115
Chapter IX125
Chapter X137
Chapter XI147
Chapter XII161
Chapter XIII166
Chapter XIV174
Chapter XV185
Chapter XVI195
Chapter XVII201