David Crockett by Michael Wallis

David Crockett by Michael Wallis

His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into Davy Crockett, and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Best-selling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories. Born into a humble Tennessee family in 1786, Crockett never killed him a b'ar when he was only three. But he did cut a huge swath across early-nineteenth-century America as a bear hunter, a frontier explorer, a soldier serving under Andrew Jackson, an unlikely congressman, and, finally, a martyr in his now-controversial death at the Alamo. Wallis's David Crockett is more than a riveting story. It is a revelatory, authoritative biography that separates fact from fiction, providing us with an extraordinary evocation of a true American hero and the rough-and-tumble times in which he lived.

"Highly entertaining" -- Kate Tuttle - Boston Globe
"Wallis understands the intriguing and mysterious element of American life and history." -- Stanley Crouch - New York Daily News
"Read like fiction . . . enhanced by flowing prose in portraying a flawed but fascinating frontiersman." -- Publishers Weekly
"Splendid . . . a readable and surprising biography." -- Allen Barra - Star Tribune

Michael Wallis, author of The Best Land Under Heaven and the best-selling Route 66 and Billy the Kid, has published nineteen books and won numerous awards and honors. He is a popular public speaker and voice actor and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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ISBN 13	9780393342277
ISBN 10	0393342271
Title	David Crockett
Author	Michael Wallis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2012-05-15
Number of pages	400
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