Rabbit Ears Treasury of Tall Tales: Volume One: Davy Crockett, Rip Van Winkle, Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan (Rabbit Ears)

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Rabbit Ears Treasury of Tall Tales Volume I

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Rabbit Ears Treasury of Tall Tales: Volume One: Davy Crockett, Rip Van Winkle, Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan (Rabbit Ears)
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ASIN: 0739336509
Release Date: 2006-08-22

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The Rabbit Ears Treasury of American Tall Tales features the larger-than-life characters of America's favorite folk stories--read by your favorite stars and featuring original music by some of today's greatest artists.

Davy Crockett
Read by Nicolas Cage
Original Music by David Bromberg
Follow the escapades of America's ultimate backwoods hero as he travels the frontier in his trademark coonskin cap in search of adventure and brags his way into history at the Battle of the Alamo.

Rip Van Winkle
Read by Anjelica Huston
Original Music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
This Washington Irving classic tells the story of likeable but lazy Rip Van Winkle, who shared a strange brew with some mysterious strangers and fell into a deep sleep for 20 years. He discovers when he finally wakes that things are considerably different than he remembers, providing a cautionary tale about making the most of life.

Johnny Appleseed
Read by Garrison Keillor
Original Music by Mark O'Connor
Here is the touching tale of the good-natured naturalist who traveled through the Ohio Valley in the early 1800s planting apple orchards, making friends, and spreading goodwill. Walk the miles with this barefoot explorer who never met an apple pie he didn't like.

Paul Bunyan
Read by Jonathan Winters
Original Music by Leo Kottke with Duck Baker
The larger-than-life lumberjack swaggers through the forests of North America with his faithful companion, Babe the Blue Ox, by his side. Hear about the pancake griddle that's over an acre wide and the truly tall tale of how the Great Lakes and Grand Canyon were created.

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Rabbit Ears Treasury of Tall Tales Volume I.......2007-04-05

Thia is was very enjoyable and easy to listen to. I would feel amyone no mater their age would enjoy this listening to this book.

Easy on the ears for the whole family.......2006-09-24

I purchased this for my daughter's fifth birthday and was very pleased with this collection.
Things I liked about Rabbit Ears Treasury of American Tall Tales:
1. Garrison Keillor has an amazing reading ability. He is easy for everyone to listen to.
2. Each story was backed by original music, written to enhance the mood of the story. It was well played and enjoyable.
3. Almost all of the tales were enjoyed by everyone in my family.
4. Each was an appropriate amount of time (approximately 30 minute per story) to hold interest and provide detail.
5. We have listened to the stories over and over, and no one is tired of them yet!
6. The vocabulary is not dumbed down, but understandable in context.

Things I didn't like:
1. Rip Van Winkle was a bit scary to my five year old. The ghosts' decision to sabotage Rip's future with his family really bothered her a great deal.

2. Occasionally the audio became difficult to hear. Repeat listenings and cranking the sound during quiet moments helped, but shouldn't have been necessary.

3. The bit about Johnny Appleseed believing he will have three angel brides in heaven if he remains pure on earth just kept bringing my mind back to the 9/11 sickos who believed killing innocents would mean they would get virgins in heaven. That's my own personal connection, so it shouldn't be troublesome to kids listening to the story (though adults reading this might feel squeamish after seeing this connection. Sorry.)

This is great for car trips, and a real entertainment bargain. Overall, I would recommend this CD and would buy more Rabbit Ears audio cds in the future.

The Davy Crockett Craze: A Look at the 1950's

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a fantastic book, devoted to the 1950,s Crockett craze

The Davy Crockett Craze: A Look at the 1950's
Paul F. Anderson
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a fantastic book, devoted to the 1950,s Crockett craze.......2000-10-25

Having been for 40 years, an avid follower of Fess Parker,s Davy this book is a dream come true, packed with photos and stills from the two Crockett movies, this book covers everything, from planning, right througth production, the cast and crew, the ballad,promotion, the first half of this book is about the films, whilst the second half covers the collectibles, of the 50,s icon, what a book, for anybody interested in Davy Crockett, from eight to eighty, a must have, Paul F Anderson has done a slendid job, and in my opinion long overdue eddiefess@btinternet.com

Davy Crockett's Riproarious Shemales and Sentimental Sisters: Women's Tall Tales from the Crockett Almanacs, 1835-1856

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Davy Crockett's Riproarious Shemales and Sentimental Sisters: Women's Tall Tales from the Crockett Almanacs, 1835-1856

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Conceived as a marketing device by nineteenth-century publishers hoping to gain a share of the lucrative almanac market, The Crockett Almanacs became the best-selling and longest-running series of comic almanacs published in the United States before the Civil War. Michael Lofaro explores one of the Almanacs' most entertaining and intriguing aspects: the adventures of backwoods women. Their portrayals, which range from the heroic to the satiric, from the comic to the sentimental, create uproarious laughter and provoke serious commentary-often in the same tale.

Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman (Childhood of Famous Americans Series.)

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Good ole Davey
Remember The Alamo
"Bar" Hunter to Hero!

Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman (Childhood of Famous Americans Series.)
Aileen Wells Parks
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Good ole Davey.......2006-08-03

This was a chapter book for my [...] grandson. We read a chapter each night and it kept him interested and curious about davey's life for weeks... It was a fun book and really sparked his imagination.

Remember The Alamo.......2004-02-14

Remember The Alamo
Davy Crockett Aileen Wells Parks
The book Davy Crockett is about one of the most famous men in the history of America. It tells about how he became a great hunter with Daniel Boone. One of my favorite parts is where he defended the Alamoe for his country. The book is great if I had a choice from 1to 10 I wold give it a flat 10 all because of its description and its pictures. This is the kind of book that I would conceders to people that love to learn about history.
The author is Aileen Wells Parks. If you ask me I think she writes good books for all ages. I think she should write more and more books for men, women, and children. I encourage her to write more.
The date this book was published was 1986.
A brief discription is when he goes to hunt for his first time he dosen't bring anything home. But the next week when he goes to hunt he finds a new friend named Danile Boone.

"Bar" Hunter to Hero!.......2000-10-10

As a kid, Davy wanted to be just like Daniel Boone. He hunted the wilderness, protected people from indians, and even joined the government. Soon, he fought in the Alamo, and became a Texan HERO!

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee

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Davy Crockett and Thomas Chilton
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A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee
David Crockett
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ASIN: 0803263252

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Even as a pup, Davy Crockett "always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger." In his own inimitable style, he describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. His reputation as a b'ar hunter (he killed 105 in one season) sent him to Congress, and he was voted in and out as the price of cotton (and his relations with the Jacksonians) rose and fell. In 1834, when this autobiography appeared, Davy Crockett was already a folk hero with an eye on the White House. But a year later he would lose his seat in Congress and turn toward Texas and, ultimately, the Alamo.

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Davy Crockett and Thomas Chilton.......2007-02-09

Confusion about authorhip has followed "A Narrative" more than 170 years. It helps to understand that Thos. Chilton, Representative from Kentucky, shared living quarters with Crockett at Mary Ball's Rooming House. They were actual bedfellows, which was the custom of the times; Thos. Chilton was father, eventually, to 15 children. Thomas Chilton had a university education and wrote with recognized eloquence. He crafted "A Narrative" from Crockett's notes and dictation, using carefully the homespun dialogue of his friend.

Thos. Chilton, a skilled lawyer, was not fool enough to do all this this work for free. Davy Crockett arranged for his publisher to pay fifty percent of the book's royalties to Thomas Chilton, who agreed to have no mention of his name in the book. What remains rather obscure is the disposition of royalites after Crockett's death. Thomas Chilton died in 1854.

The role played by Thomas Chilton in "A Narrative" was lost to history for nearly a hundred years, except inside the Chilton Family.
-- Edward M. Chilton

Crockett's Narrative under the microscope.......2005-12-22

Davy Crockett's Narrative first appeared early in 1834 at the height of his political career. During the 1820s he had won a couple of terms in the Tennessee state legislature, and in 1827 he won a seat in Congress representing the western half of the state. He was a foe of Andrew Jackson and a political maverick; when he advocated for Indian rights he won the enmity of many in Congress and his constituents, and was voted from office in 1831. He licked his wounds and patched up differences, and was re-elected in 1833. To bolster his image, which was already taking on legendary aspects, this Narrative was written with his friend Thomas Chilton. Told in bold, humorous, boastful strokes, it is nonetheless a campaign biography and ends with sharp attacks on Jackson.

The way the Narrative is set up here is very useful for the reader. It appears in facsimile form, with wide margins set around it, in which Shackford explains, corrects, and separates fact from fiction in Crockett's assertions. It's almost like watching a movie on DVD along with critical commentary. Interestingly, many errors that appear in the Narrative were intentional and are often self-deprecating, making Crockett more unsophisticated and lowbrow than he really was in order to win votes with the farmers and backwoodsmen of western Tennessee. Most of the historical references he makes are quite accurate. As a campaign biography to help him win re-election in 1835, however, it was a failure, as he lost to a Jacksonian. After that, he set his eyes on Texas.

The format chosen here is what makes this book a success. The many annotations make this edition of the Narrative the most informative and "honest" in print. Highly recommended.

The Eternal Crockett.......2005-01-15

David Crockett found himself to have become mythologized in his own lifetime. Every indication is that he arrived at this place accidentally, but that once he recognized his own pop-culture status he took advantage of it and nurtured it at every turn. His Narrative, therefore, must be read with a certain amount of skepticism nevertheless it is still valuable as an historical record.

The narrative is a journey from start to finish; true Homeric stuff. He describes his journey into adulthood in pre-Mark Twain style, then his journey as an adventurer in the military, his journey across the state of Tennessee with his family, and finally his journey into politics. There may be many embellishments within his narrative, but considering the period in which it was written (while he contemplated a much larger political career) the topics he chose to describe actually seem prosaic and understated, as if he were deliberately trying to avoid bragging about himself. In this light, perhaps the Narrative is more accurate than is generally assumed. The Narrative may have been ghost-written by someone else, but there is enough Crockett in it to give it legitimacy. His jabs at Andrew Jackson are quaintly hilarious, but they are also true. In this pre-Alamo period of his life, his willingness to take a stand against Jackson might be the bravest thing he ever did.

Lastly, the language itself is fascinating. The Narrative may be laced with over-the-top phrases such as, "knocked his trotters out from under him", but at the same time he writes, "if a fellow is born to be hung, he will never be drowned..." This is classic southern wisdom, words I have heard with my own ears in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, so Crockett's Narrative is either very authentic or was itself the basis for an evolving southern culture. In this way, the Narrative should be considered classic American literature.

One to add to a "Crockett" Library.......2003-10-23

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.

David Crockett, a review.......2000-04-14

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.

A Picture Book of Davy Crockett (Picture Book Biography)

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A wonderful Teaching Aid
An introduction to the legendary life of David Crockett

A Picture Book of Davy Crockett (Picture Book Biography)
David A. Adler
Manufacturer: Holiday House
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ASIN: 0823413438

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Davy Crockett was born on August 17, 1786 in a backwoods cabin in eastern Tennessee. At age twelve, David learned how to shoot a rifle. When he grew up, he won most of the shooting matches he entered and became a well-known storyteller. No matter where he lived, he was popular. He was elected to three terms in the House of Representatives. After being defeated in the congressional election of 1835, he was ready for new adventure. He rode to Texas, where he fought and died in the Battle of the Alamo.

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A wonderful Teaching Aid.......2004-12-01

As a primary grade teacher in Tennessee, I was rather surprised to learn that few of my students knew about Davy Crockett. And we live near the Crockett Tavern and 45 minutes from his birthplace.

We were exploring our Appalachian hertiage and I introduced 17 kids to the king of the wild frontier. They were mesmerized.

This book reads easily and follows a narrative format, so it's a great read aloud. We followed it up with a viewing of the classic Disney series starring Fess Parker, and then compared the two heroes.

We also determined that despite the song lyrics, he was not born on a mountaintop, but rather the foothills.

While I have used it with kindergarten and first grade, this book would also work wonderfully with older students and provide opportunities to compare and contrast, discuss exaggeration, the hero myth, and American History.

An introduction to the legendary life of David Crockett.......2004-10-14

In the recent theatrical film "The Alamo" we were told that Davy Crockett preferred to be called "David." One of the elements of that particular movie version of the battle is how in the end the real David Crockett has to die as the legendary and bigger than life Davy. While the title of David A. Adler's juvenile biography of Crockett is entitled "A Picture Book of Davy Crockett," Adler calls the subject "David" throughout this colorful and informative introduction to the American icon's life. Adler's point is that the real David Crockett was a great frontiersman just like the legendary Davy Crockett.

Illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner with attractive line-and-watercolor artwork this book starts with the legendary birth of Davy Crockett and then provides the historical details. The focus is on key events, such as being hired out to a Dutchman who taught David how to shoot a long rifle, serving as a scout in the Creek War, and being elected to several terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Young readers will learn as much about Crockett's two wives as they will about his falling out in Congress with President Andrew Jackson and his final days at the Alamo. Adler provides both of the conflicting accounts of Crockett's death at the Alamo without making a choice as to which is more likely to be true, which gives you an indication of the level of information the book provides (how the artwork erroneously suggests the mission of the Alamo had a roof from which defenders were fighting, when actually the roof was never completed until years after the battle in 1836).

Many of the quotations attributed to Crockett in this book are taken from his autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett," first published in 1834. The Crockett story ends with the publications of the "Davy Crockett Almanacs" that first appeared around the time of his death and which contained the useful information you would expect in an almanac plus a collection fo tall tales (e.g., Davy was born weighing over 200 pounds and had a pet bear named Death Hug). "A Picture Book of Davy Crockett" provides a solid introduction to his life for young readers who will find more of his history as well as the tale tales in lots of other books. This book is one in a series of two-dozen picture book biographies on famous persons by Adler (almost half of which are illustrated by the Wallners) from George Washington to Martin Luther King, Jr. and from Simon Bolivar to Florence Nightingale.

Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier (Ready-to-Read. Level 3)

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Davy Crockett is Really Good!

Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier (Ready-to-Read. Level 3)
Stephen Krensky
Manufacturer: Aladdin
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People said that when Davy was born he weighed more than two hundred pounds! They also said he saved the world from a comet by grabbing its tail, twirling it around, and sending it back into the sky. These stories are just myths, but Davy did have an amazing life. Here is the real story of Davy Crockett, fearless soldier and leader who always stood up for what he believed in.

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Davy Crockett is Really Good! .......2004-12-20

Davy Crockett is the best of the ready to read biographies that I've read. It truly is good and very interesting. If only more of the books were written as good as this one is!

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David Crockett, the man v. Davy Crockett, the legend
Objective? yes. Well written? Absolutely not.

David Crockett: The Man and the Legend
James Atkins Shackford
Manufacturer: Bison Books
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ASIN: 0803292309

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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.

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David Crockett, the man v. Davy Crockett, the legend.......2006-01-10

This remains the definitive biography of David Crockett. Shackford is a firm believer that the real David Crockett is a much more interesting man than the legendary Davy Crockett, and although he recounts both the real and the legendary about the man here, it's the real he concentrates on - sometimes in great detail, but never to the point of totally overwhelming the reader.

Crockett was born in 1786 in Tennessee. His grandparents were killed by Indians near today's Rogersville, TN. From an early age Crockett was a drover between Tennessee and Virginia. A poor farmer but excellent hunter, he was able to put food on the family table with his gun. It is also here that some of the legendary accounts of his life begin, although some seemingly exaggerated exploits are true (killing over 100 bears in one season, for example, though the number would rise with the telling).

He volunteered in Andrew Jackson's army against the Creeks in Alabama, though he was glad when his service was through. After his wife died, he remarried and soon was involved in politics, getting elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. He made many friends and was finally elected to Congress in 1827, after an unsuccessful bid two year earlier. It was in Washington that his legend rocketed. An ally of Jackson's, he became a symbol of "the common man." A play and biography about him fanned the legendary fire (they were more tall-tale than factual, as Shackford demonstrates), and his autobiography appeared in 1834. (Shackford dissects the autobiography carefully, noting that it was written with a great deal of help from Crockett's friend Thomas Chilton, and that it was Crockett who insisted that many of the exaggerations about him not be included; he also shows how most of what remained was true and accurate, which corrects past interpretations.)

Crockett didn't last long in Congress, mainly because of his strong support for "the little guy" (squatters' rights) and his opposition to Jackson's Indian removal policy, which he abhorred (interesting in light of his family's history). He went home, licked his wounds, and joined the Whig party. Re-elected to Congress as a Whig in 1833, he toured the eastern states, had more sensational biographies about him published, and began issuing (or rather had issued "for" him or "about" him) the famous Almanacs in which his exploits took on Olympian proportions. He was defeated in Congress again in 1835 and in November of that year, headed for Texas. He made his way to San Antonio in time to be among the slaughtered "immortals" killed at the Alamo by Santa Anna in February 1836.

Crockett's death, as related by editor Michael A. Lofaro in the Introduction, is interesting and quite different from many other accounts, including Shackford's own (based on "new information"). Apparently seven men, Crockett being one of them, were captured by Mexican soldiers and spared, in defiance of Santa Anna's orders that no prisoners were to be taken. Brought before Santa Anna, the soldiers pleaded for their lives and were outraged when Santa Anna ordered them killed immediately. It seems the men refused, but others more willing to obey orders committed the deed. Interestingly, this account had been known and recorded all along, but never thought to have been true; the standard "true" account had Crockett being killed, unarmed, at the very beginning of the battle.

Shackford's book has a magisterial quality about it in that he refuses to leave any stone unturned in getting the facts separated from the legends. There are appendices and an epilogue in which he discusses many of the legendary sources of Crockett's legacy. Some might find this very careful and painstaking examination slow going, but I found it fascinating. And he does write with style and authority. And, as I said, and as he rightly proves, the real David Crockett is a far more interesting personage than the mythical one - as it should be. An excellent historical biography; highly recommended.

Objective? yes. Well written? Absolutely not........2003-07-02

This book, written in the height of the Crockett hysteria in the 1950's, attempts to present an objective view of the real David Crockett. Most of the book deals with Crockett the senator, not Crockett the backwoodsman or Crockett of the Alamo. In this, at least, the book is valuable, because it portrays a David Crockett far different from the Davy Crockett of Walt Disney or John Wayne.

The book is valuable in this respect, but it is poorly written. The author skips from one subject to another, making obscure references to events which are never explained and about which the reader is apparently supposed to be familiar. The argument is not well organized, and bounces around so much it is very difficult to follow, and the narrative is just as fragmentary. Inappropriate euphemisms and ill-fitting metaphors further clot this work and inhibit the flow of the narrative. Shackford, who was a professor of English and should have been a more capable writer, makes this account of Crockett's life very, very difficult to read.

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an American gem
Only half the story
Fascinating

Davy Crockett: His Own Story
David Crockett
Manufacturer: Applewood Books
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ASIN: 1557092184

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A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee. Written in 1834, this iautobiographyi is like a tall tale of the life of a frontiersman, and established Davy Crockett as a larger-than-life American hero.

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an American gem.......2007-08-28

A great read: True, I may be prone to some bias, as Disney's first (and highly idealized) broadcast of "Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter" made its indelible print on me when I was several months shy of four years old. But Crockett's own story is a splendid, vivid, and revealing piece of work that belongs on the shelf of every student of its era. As a veteran reader of such material, and a much-published college and university educator, I commend the publisher of this work for its civil large-print edition (some of Bertrand Russell's best material is done in the same format) of this volume. KN

Only half the story.......2007-01-29

I bought this book specifically because Davy Crockett himself was the author. I thought it would contain his entire autobiography, but the book ends before he goes off to Congress. The book and type are also much larger than I realized they would be. This book is more suitable for younger children. As an adult, I am quite disappointed.

Fascinating.......2004-04-02

Davy Crockett is a legend -- and Crockett knew this while he was still alive. Throughout this autobiography, he is careful to conform to his public image, while being willing to clarify some of the tall tales being told.

Some have doubted Crockett's authorship, and he certainly used fellow congressman, Thomas Chilton of Kentucky to edit and assist in the manuscript preparation. However, the book is the work of Crockett and he wrote it in 1834, two years before the Alamo.

Reading about Crockett in his own words (even though they may have been edited or enhanced by another congressman) is a delight.

Well worth one's time.

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Crockett of Tennessee

Crockett of Tennessee
Cameron Judd
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ASIN: 0553568566
Release Date: 1994-07-01

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Thumbs down.......2001-08-04

I read Judd's other book (Boone)about early frontiersman Daniel Boone and liked it so much i ran out and grabbed a copy of Crockett as soon as i could get my hands on it. I expected a similar tale of long hunting and trapping excursions, encounters with Indians, and an overall historical/fiction representation of this great outdoorsman's life. Unfortunately, as I read on, the main emphasis was more on Crockett's political ties and town life.

Might have been a good history lesson for some but sure wasn't what I was looking for. I had to put it down. Get Boone if you can find it. It's a much better book.

Crockett of Tennessee.......2000-06-03

Since we homeschool this book fit right into our curriculum for daily story time...the kids couldn't wait to hear what would happen next... I found myself sitting up late at night just to read on, as each chapter unfolded to provide dramatic insights about what the life of Davy Crockett may have been like...This book has creatively woven historical FACT with creative insight into the thoughts and life of this almost mythical man...After reading this, we had the opportunity to visit Crockett Tavern near Morristown,TN, and it really re-inforced the history that my children absorbed from this book. We had hoped to read "Boone, a Novel" also by Cameron Judd, but were disappointed to find that it was no longer in print...

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