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David Crockett in Congress : the rise and fall of the poor man's friend : with collected correspondence, selected speeches and circulars / James R. Boylston and Allen J. Wiener.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boylston, James R., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836.
- Crockett, Davy.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Land reform--United States--History--19th century.
- Land reform.
- United States--Politics and government--1825-1829.
- United States--Politics and government--1829-1837.
- Tennessee--Politics and government--To 1865.
- Tennessee.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Houston, Tex. : Bright Sky Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- We've all heard of Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, but serious historians have long known that the man behind the myth was more substantive. David Crockett in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Poor Man's Friend is the first book to provide a full and accurate portrait of this American legend. With here-to-fore unpublished documents, and all the political writings of Crockett, as well as a complete collection of Crockett holographs and portraits, David Crockett in Congress is an insightful and provocative addition to the library of any American historian, Texas historian, Crockett buff, or political historian.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: David Crockett in Congress""; ""1. ""I Will Not Set Silently"" � The Early Years""; ""2. ""To Make of Your Citizen a Landholder"" � The Tennessee Land Bill (1821�1829)""; ""3. ""Compelled to Stand Alone"" � The 1829 Election""; ""4. ""The Best Provision I Could Make"" � The Tennessee Land Bill (1829�1830)""; ""5. ""A Good Honest Vote"" � The Indian Removal Bill (1830)""; ""6. ""Determined To Persevere"" � The Elections of 1831 and 1833""
- ""7. ""The Government of One Man"" � The Second Bank of the United States (1834�1835)""""8. ""They Came To See a Bar"" � Celebrity and the Election of 1835""; ""Illustrations""; ""Part II: David Crockett Correspondence""; ""Part III: David Crockett Political Circulars""; ""Part IV: Selected Speeches of David Crockett""; ""Appendix A: Known Missing Crockett Correspondence and Circulars""; ""Appendix B: David Crockett's Years in Office""; ""Appendix C: History of the Land Bill in Congress""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Key Names""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-939055-04-0
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