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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Book Reading List - 2024
Monday, October 14, 2024
Book Review - David Crockett: The Lion of the West
Title - David Crockett: The Lion of the West
Author:Michael Wallis
My Rating: 👍👍👍👍👍
My Review: I have fond memories of the old Davy Crockett TV show in the 1950's. As a youngster, I never thought much about how accurate the show was but after reading this book, I now realize the show took a few liberties,🤣. The book gives a much more realistic portrayal of David Crockett as a frontiersman, hunter, politician and somewhat flawed family man who was a legend in his own time.
Description (Audible): 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. Best-selling 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-19th-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.
Author:Michael Wallis
My Rating: 👍👍👍👍👍
My Review: I have fond memories of the old Davy Crockett TV show in the 1950's. As a youngster, I never thought much about how accurate the show was but after reading this book, I now realize the show took a few liberties,🤣. The book gives a much more realistic portrayal of David Crockett as a frontiersman, hunter, politician and somewhat flawed family man who was a legend in his own time.
Description (Audible): 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. Best-selling 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-19th-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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