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David Crockett : the Lion of the West / Michael Wallis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallis, Michael, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836.
- Crockett, Davy.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Pioneers--Tennessee--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Tennessee.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836.
- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- "Kilt him a b'ar"
- Born on a riverbank in Franklin
- The Crocketts arrive
- Over the mountain
- On the Nolichucky
- A boy's learning
- The Odyssey
- Rise above
- Lovesick
- Polly
- Finley's Gap
- Kentuck
- "Remember Fort Mims"
- "We shot them like dogs"
- Riding with Sharp Knife
- "Root hog or die"
- Cabin fever
- A tincture of luck
- "Itchy footed"
- "Natural born sense"
- Gentleman from the cane
- Land of the shakes
- In the eye of a "harricane"
- A fool for luck
- Big time
- "The victory is ours"
- Man without a party
- Trails of tears
- Lion of the west
- Bear-bit lion
- Go ahead
- Just a matter of time
- Gone to Texas
- Time of the comet
- El Alamo.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393067583
- 0393067580
- OCLC:
- 601108943
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