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Title: A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee by David Crockett, Paul A. Hutton, Davy Crockett ISBN: 0-8032-6325-2 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: December, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: One to add to a "Crockett" Library
Comment: Penned during the ORIGINAL Crockett "craze" of the 1830's, this is the Tennessean's own story in his "own" words. (Much of this book was heavy edited and, some would say, ghost written by one of Crockett's supporters.) Still, it's worth adding to a "Crockett" Library. Parts of the book have an almost "Dickens" like feel, especially the stories about the poverty and hardship suffered by the young David. Sprinkled through-out this book are hunting stories, scrapes with bears and panthers, a little romance, skirmishes with hostiles, frontier wit and humor. An annoying part of the narrative are the corny pseudo backwoods expressions, like "burst my boilers" and "knocked his trotters out from under him". Evidently the author(s) tired of this excessive hoakum too because it abruptly stops. (Thank You!) Much has been written about the legendary "Davy" but this brings the real man into more perspective. Even if you have little interest in Crockett lore, the NARRATIVE is still worth reading for it's glimpse into early 19th Century America.
Rating: 5
Summary: David Crockett, a review
Comment: It is a great book, a real whopper. And I'll be skinned alive and burned by an injun if it aint one of the moost enthralling books I've read. Colonel Crockett didn't have the greatest spelling, or punctuation, but it was a great book. In the 1830's, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a review of the book, criticizing its grammar, but what he forgot to say was how it was exciting, and easy to read. At the time, it was the bestselling book in the nation.
Rating: 4
Summary: COURAGE
Comment: I HAVE JUST FINISHED READING THE NARRATIVE OF DAVID CROCKETT FOR AN AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS AND HAVE TO DO A SHORT THREE PAGE PAPER ON THE BOOK. I WAS HOPING TO GET SOME IDEAS ON THE INTERNET TO HELP OUT WITH THE PAPER, AND SAW THIS LINK. THE BOOK WAS GREAT, EASY READING, AND INTERESTING TO THE READER, MYSELF. HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT AS WELL AS I DID!
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Title: Davy Crockett by Constance Rourke, James MacDonald, Michael A. Lofaro ISBN: 0803289677 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Daniel Boone: His Own Story & the Adventures of Daniel Boone: The Kentucky Rifleman by Daniel Boone, Francis L. Hawks ISBN: 1557094268 Publisher: Applewood Books Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: History of My Own Times (Documents in American Social History) by William Otter, Richard B. Stott ISBN: 0801499615 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Farm to Factory by Thomas Dublin ISBN: 023108157X Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Our Nig : or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson ISBN: 1400031206 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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