David Crockett (1786–1836)
Author of A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee
About the Author
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Works by David Crockett
The life of Martin Van Buren, heir-apparent to the "government," and the appointed successor of General Andrew Jackson. (2009) 5 copies
First American born: The life and journal of Jonathan Belcher, the first-known, American-born Freemason (1992) 2 copies
The Adventures Of Davy Crockett 2 copies
Hand Over The Global Empires and the world Goes Free - 2012 Social Engineering Business Plan 2 copies
Life of David Crockett, the Original Humorist and Irrepressible Backwoodsman. An Autobiography, to Which is Added an… (2015) 1 copy
Los bandoleros de Rio Grande 1 copy
Associated Works
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 256 copies
American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Contributor, some editions — 25 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Crockett, David
- Other names
- Crockett, Davy
- Birthdate
- 1786-08-17
- Date of death
- 1836-03-06
- Burial location
- disputed
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Greene County, Tennessee, USA
- Place of death
- Alamo Mission, San Antonio de Béxar
- Places of residence
- Greene County, Tennessee, USA
- Occupations
- soldier
trapper
politician - Organizations
- U.S. Congress
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Statistics
- Works
- 20
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 545
- Popularity
- #45,748
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 46
First off disk one included the eBook on it, in addition to the traditional CD for audio. This made it impossible to play in my car. So I had to rip it on my PC and then burn my own CD.
Secondly, it shows that Davey Crocket was just a politician who wanted to make himself look as though he were humbled. It was obvious from this book that he wanted to be President. With lines like "I have no desire to be the President, but if the people want it, who am I to deny them." and "If I ever were in charge of this country the first thing I would do it take away all the accountants and record keepers out of the treasury, as all they do is lead to more debt." If the people demanded that I be in charge of this country, all my friends will want jobs, and I wont' give 'em unless they promise to keep everything in real money in the grit, from the Post Office on to the General's men."
Moreover, he is damn sure he's important. Lines about how if anyone doesn't like his book, its only because they may not like the spelling or the grammar, and since he's a woodsmen what does he need of these? Apparently he thinks stories of his battles in Tennessee will be enough to get him elected just like his friend General Jackson "though in those days we didn't call him 'the government' as we knew it not to exist"
I was looking for some folksy real American rhetoric I could use on the campaign trail, and all I got was another example of a politician I don't want to be.
The T.V. Show Davey Crocket was so much better than the real man… (more)