Terrific read.
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***** David "Davy" Crockett was, is, and always will be one of America's greatest people. Anyone interested in knowing about his legendary life will be enthralled with this biography.
Chapters include:
Prologue
Origins
Runaway
The Dutiful Son Becomes a Man
"My Dander Was Up"
"Mounted Gunman"
Trials on the Homefront
"The Gentleman from the Cane"
"Neck or Nothing"
Political Reality
Crockett's Declaration of Independence
"Nimrod Wildfire" & "The Lion of the West"
A Bestseller & a Book Tour
"That Fickle, Flirting Goddess" Fame
Lone Star on the Horizon
"Victory or Death"
Smoke from a Funeral Pyre
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Sprinkled throughout the entire book are spectacular illustrations; giving life to this fascinating man's history. *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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