Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett
ISBN-10
0803289677
ISBN-13
9780803289673
Series
Davy Crockett
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Bison Books
Author
Constance Rourke

Description

Blending myth and reality, Constance Rourke aimed to get at the heart of Davy Crockett, whose hold on the American imagination was firm even before he died at the Alamo. Davy Crockett, published in 1934, pioneered in showing the backwoodsman’s transformation into a folk hero. It remains a basic in the Crockett literature.

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