American legend

Description:

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.

subjects: Biography,  Biography & Autobiography,  Frontier and pioneer life,  Legislators,  Nonfiction,  Pioneers,  Siege, 1836,  Soldiers,  United States,  United States. Congress. House,  Crockett, davy, 1786-1836,  United states, congress, biography,  Legislators, united states,  Tennessee, biography,  Alamo (san antonio, tex.),  Frontier and pioneer life, southern states

People: Davy Crockett (1786-1836)

Places: Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.),  Tennessee,  Tex.) Alamo (San Antonio,  United States