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Bob Thompson

Born on a Mountaintop

On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier

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Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he has been repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In Born on a Mountaintop, Bob Thompson combines the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife as he delves deep into our love for an American icon. In the road-trip tradition of Sarah Vowell and Tony Horwitz, Thompson follows Crockett's footsteps from his birthplace in east Tennessee to Washington, where he served three terms in Congress, and on to Texas and the gates of the Alamo, seeking out… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-307-72091-7
  • EAN: 9780307720917
  • Produktnummer: 15724968
  • Verlag: Crown
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 384 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 3'649 KB
  • Abbildungen: 1 8-PAGE B&W INSERT

Über den Autor


BOB THOMPSON was a longtime feature writer for The Washington Post and the editor of its Sunday magazine. During his years at Post, he was known for his pieces on the intersection of American history and myth.

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