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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Davy Crockett |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James R Boylston; Allen J Wiener |
| ISBN: | 9781933979519 1933979518 |
| OCLC Number: | 318426723 |
| Description: | 336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction; Part I: David Crockett in Congress -- "I Will Not Set Silently" -- The Early Years; "To Make of Your Citizen a Landholder" -- The Tennessee Land Bill (1821-1829); "Compelled to Stand Alone" -- The 1829 Election; "The Best Provision I Could Make" -- The Tennessee Land Bill (1829-1830); "A Good Honest Vote" -- The Indian Removal Bill (1830); "Determined to Persevere" -- The Elections of 1831 & 1833; "The Government of One Man" -- The Second Bank of the United States (1834-1835); "They Came to See a Bar" -- Celebrity & the Election of 1835; Part II: David Crockett Correspondence; Part III: David Crockett Political Circulars; Part IV: Selected Speeches of David Crockett; Index of Key Names. |
| Responsibility: | James R. Boylston and Allen J. Wiener. |
Abstract:
Countering the widespread historical persona of David Crockett as little more than a coonskin-capped, buckskin-clad frontier hero, this biography chronicles his life in politics, revealing him instead as an inveterate entrepreneur, advocate for the poor, and career politician with a talent for hardball campaigning.
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- Crockett, Davy, -- 1786-1836.
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
- United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1825-1829.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837.
- Tennessee -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
- Land reform -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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