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100 1 $aGroneman, Bill.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074795
245 10 $aDavid Crockett :$bhero of the common man /$cWilliam Groneman, III.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bForge,$c2005.
300 $a207 pages ;$c20 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aAmerican heroes
500 $a"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-197) and index.
520 1 $a"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, is 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 room" that drew him to Texas - these were the real fabric of a heroic life." "In writing of the "historical Crockett," Groneman, a world authority on the Alamo and its defenders, dispels the myths to uncover the genuine hero. He writes at length of the defense of the Alamo, describes how Crockett's reputation and heroism have been tainted by revisionist historians, and presents new evidence that the Tennessean actually left the Alamo during the siege to bring in reinforcements. Although safely outside the walls, he fought his way back in to rejoin his friends for the final, fatal battle."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aCrockett, Davy,$d1786-1836.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79114058
650 0 $aPioneers$zTennessee$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010106454
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zTennessee.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009125605
651 0 $aTennessee$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117246
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106857
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bHouse$vBiography.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111156
651 0 $aAlamo (San Antonio, Tex.)$xSiege, 1836.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95009560
830 0 $aAmerican heroes series (New York, N.Y.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005025534
852 00 $bmil$hF436.C95$iG76 2005