02004cam a2200397 4500 1061600531 TxAuBib 20231205120000.0 050803s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005053472 9780399152788 acid-free paper $24.95 0399152784 acid-free paper $24.95 TxAuBib Levy, Buddy, 1960- American legend : the real-life adventures of David Crockett / Buddy Levy. Real-life adventures of David Crockett, The. Real-life adventures of David Crockett. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. 339 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references. 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" and "the lion of the west" -- A bestseller and a book tour -- "That fickle, flirting goddess" fame -- Lone star on the horizon -- "Victory or death" -- Smoke from a funeral pyre. A biography of adventurer, pioneer, and hero David Crockett describing his childhood and education, travels and work for the rights of Native Americans, and his last days at the Alamo. 20231205. Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836. United States Congress House Biography. Pioneers Tennessee Biography. Frontier and pioneer life Tennessee. Legislators United States Biography. Soldiers United States Biography. Historical biographies. Tennessee Biography. Alamo (San Antonio, Tex) Siege, 1836. Biography. Biographies. lcgft Adult nonfiction.