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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by John Pruden. |
| Summary |
His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into "Davy Crockett," and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Bestselling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories. Born into a humble Tennessee family in 1786, Crockett never "killed him a b'ar" when he was only three. But he did cut a huge swath across early-nineteenth-century America-as a bear hunter, a frontier explorer, a soldier serving under Andrew Jackson, an unlikely congressman, and, finally, a martyr in his now-controversial death at the Alamo. Wallis's David Crockett is more than a riveting story. It is a revelatory, authoritative biography that separates fact from fiction, providing us with an extraordinary evocation of a true American hero and the rough-and-tumble times in which he lived. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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Pioneers -- Tennessee -- Biography.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836.
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Pruden, John. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781452620688 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1452620687 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10755172 |
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