David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man (American Heroes)

NY: Forge, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.25"x7.75" 207 numbered indexed pages. First printing. Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Book design by Michael Collica. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean and bright. X-library w/graphics, unclipped (price). Shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Perhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David ("Davy") Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 ensured his place in the Valhalla of American heroes. Crockett himself was responsible for much of the folklore about his life. A gregarious, fun-loving man, he was more than capable of spinning tall tales over a "horn" of liquor. The truth of his life, as William Groneman emphasizes in this book, was far more fascinating than the myth. David Crockett was a true self-made man who left home at the age of twelve. His adventures--hunting and exploring, serving as a soldier under Andrew Jackson in the Creek Indian War of 1813, a political career that took him to the United States Congress, an incessant search for "elbow...Source: Publisher.