Davy Crockett Saves the World

Davy Crockett Saves the World
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 0688169929
ISBN-13 : 9780688169923
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Davy Crockett Saves the World by : Rosalyn Schanzer

What will happen when the great Davy Crockett comes head to head with Halley's Comet? It's the biggest fiercest ball of fire ire that EVER lit up the heavens! (And why does Davy Crockett wear a coonskin cap anyway?) Rosalyn Schanzer peppers her telling with flavorful exaggerations, flamboyantly regaling readers with a larger-than-life drama played out in pictures bursting with color, humor, action, and detail. Listen to Daniel Pinkwater read, DAVY CROCKETT on Weekend Edition!

Davy Crockett Saves the World

Davy Crockett Saves the World
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ISBN-10 : 5558604298
ISBN-13 : 9785558604290
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Davy Crockett Saves the World by : Rosalyn Schanzer

This tale of American legend Davy Crockett tells how, while courting Sally Sugartree, Davy is called upon by the President of the United States to save the world from Halley's Comet. Hopping on his bear, Death Hug, Davy races into action. Full-color illustrations.

Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : 9780689859441
ISBN-13 : 0689859449
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Davy Crockett by : Stephen Krensky

A simple, illustrated biography of one of America's most famous pioneers and soldiers.

Who Was Davy Crockett?

Who Was Davy Crockett?
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9780448467047
ISBN-13 : 0448467046
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Who Was Davy Crockett? by : Gail Herman

Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by forcing him to run between two trees. Fact or fiction? Find out the real story of this folk hero, who did love to hunt bears, served as a congressman for Tennessee, and fought and died at the Alamo.

King of the Wild Frontier

King of the Wild Frontier
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780486476919
ISBN-13 : 048647691X
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis King of the Wild Frontier by : Davy Crockett

This easy-reading autobiography of bear hunting and Indian fighting — written in 1834, two years before Crockett met his fate at the Alamo — popularized tall tales of the frontier.

American Legend

American Legend
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 9781440684739
ISBN-13 : 1440684731
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis American Legend by : Buddy Levy

David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a U.S. congressman and a presidential nomination. His 1834 memoir enjoyed frenzied sales and prompted the first-ever “official” book tour for its enormously popular author. Down-to-earth, heroic and independent to a fault, the real Crockett became lost in his own hype, and he’s been overshadowed by a larger-than-life, pop-culture character in a coonskin cap. Now, American Legend debunks the tall tales to reveal the fascinating truth of Crockett’s hardscrabble childhood, his near-death experiences, his unlikely rise to Congress, and the controversial last stand at the Alamo that mythologized him beyond recognition. In this beautifully written narrative, Crockett emerges as never before: a rugged individual, a true American original, and an enduring symbol of the Western frontier. “A great myth-busting story [that] presents Davy Crockett as a man of genius and folly, which has the unlikely effect of making him all the more heroic.”—Martin Dugard, author of The Last Voyage of Columbus and Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone “As spellbinding and dramatic as any novel and as compelling as any reportage.”—Peter Hoffer, Distinguished Research Professor of History, The University of Georgia

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

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0803263252
ISBN-13 : 9780803263253
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee by : Davy Crockett

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.

David Crockett

David Crockett
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780393067583
ISBN-13 : 0393067580
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis David Crockett by : Michael Wallis

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.

Forget the Alamo

Forget the Alamo
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9781984880116
ISBN-13 : 198488011X
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Forget the Alamo by : Bryan Burrough

A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” —Houston Chronicle Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett and a band of rebels went down in a blaze of glory fighting for independence from Mexico, losing the battle but setting Texas up to win the war. However, that version of events, as Forget the Alamo definitively shows, owes more to fantasy than reality. Just as the site of the Alamo was left in ruins for decades, its story was forgotten and twisted over time, with the contributions of Tejanos--Texans of Mexican origin, who fought alongside the Anglo rebels--scrubbed from the record, and the origin of the conflict over Mexico's push to abolish slavery papered over. Forget the Alamo provocatively explains the true story of the battle against the backdrop of Texas's struggle for independence, then shows how the sausage of myth got made in the Jim Crow South of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As uncomfortable as it may be to hear for some, celebrating the Alamo has long had an echo of celebrating whiteness. In the past forty-some years, waves of revisionists have come at this topic, and at times have made real progress toward a more nuanced and inclusive story that doesn't alienate anyone. But we are not living in one of those times; the fight over the Alamo's meaning has become more pitched than ever in the past few years, even violent, as Texas's future begins to look more and more different from its past. It's the perfect time for a wise and generous-spirited book that shines the bright light of the truth into a place that's gotten awfully dark.

Death of a Legend

Death of a Legend
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Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781461732785
ISBN-13 : 1461732786
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Death of a Legend by : Bill Groneman

On March 6, 1836 one of the most well-known Americans of his time fought and died in one of America's most celebrated battles. In recent years the fate of David Crockett at the Alamo has become a subject of controversy and debate.