Author : James Atkins Shackford
Release : 1994-01-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis David Crockett by : James Atkins Shackford
Download or read book David Crockett written by James Atkins Shackford. This book was released on 1994-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davy Crockett has been America's best-known folk hero for at least 160 years. This informed biography by James Atkins Shackford first appeared in 1956, at the height of the television-inspired Crockett craze. As Michael Lofaro notes in his introduction, "Shackford faced the monumental task of rescuing a nearly unknown David Crockett from the obscurity caused by the popularity of the earlier legendary Davys and deepened by Disney." He succeeded memorably, restoring David Crockett of Tennessee, a true pioneer and colorful figure even without romantic trappings.