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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Epigraph
Acknowledgements
ONE - Origins
TWO - Runaway
THREE - The Dutiful Son Becomes a Man
FOUR - “My Dander Was Up”
FIVE - “Mounted Gunman”
SIX - Trials on the Homefront
SEVEN - “The Gentleman from the Cane”
EIGHT - “Neck or Nothing”
NINE - Political Reality
TEN - Crockett’s Declaration of Independence
ELEVEN - “Nimrod Wildfire” and “The Lion of the West”
TWELVE - A Bestseller and a Book Tour
THIRTEEN - “That Fickle, Flirting Goddess” Fame
FOURTEEN - Lone Star on the Horizon
FIFTEEN - “ Victory or Death”
SIXTEEN - Smoke from a Funeral Pyre
Epilogue
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
“In a lively mix of clean prose and Crockett’s own words, Buddy Levy’s
American Legend
provides a rare look beneath the fabric of legend to the
man underneath. This is the frontiersman turned statesman, who keeps his eye
on the rights of Indians and the common man, but loses sight of himself in the
myth he has helped create. Three cheers for Buddy Levy, who makes history
into a real page-turner—a fascinating read.”—Claire Davis, author of
Season of the Snake
“A great myth-busting story, written in a taut narrative style that is guaranteed
to keep the reader up all hours turning the pages. Painstakingly researched,
with an eye toward nuance and the telling vignette, this crackling piece of
work presents Davy Crockett as a man of genius and folly, which has the
unlikely effect of making him all the more heroic.”—Martin Dugard, author
of
The Last Voyage of Columbus
and
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of
Stanley and Livingstone
“Buddy Levy’s
American Legend
proves that history can be as spell-binding
and dramatic as any novel and as compelling as any reportage. His account
of the life and deeds of Davy Crockett rockets from a young man’s travels in
the new republic to a living legend’s heroic last days at the Alamo. Along the
way, we meet other giants in that era of the common man and the Old West—
Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, Jim Bowie—and Levy brings every one of
them to life again. This is can’t-put-it-down storytelling at its best.”
—Peter Hoffer,
Distinguished Research Professor of History,
The University of Georgia

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