David Crockett: The Lion of the West
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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-06758-3
- EAN: 9780393067583
- Produktnummer: 7274921
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 380 S.
- Masse: H24.5 cm x B16.9 cm x D3.7 cm 756 g
- Gewicht: 756
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Michael Wallis, the best-selling author of Route 66 and Billy the Kid, has published eighteen books and won numerous honors and awards. He is a popular public speaker and a highly acclaimed voice actor. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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