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On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Crown
March 2013
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Featuring: Davy Crockett
375 pages ISBN: 0307720896 EAN: 9780307720894 Kindle: B009UAVAA0 Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
Combining the stories of the real hero and his
Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a
Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an
American icon. Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild
Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has
been retold many times. Over the years, he has been
repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular
storytellers. In fact, one could argue that there are three
distinct Crocketts: the real David as he was before he
became famous; the celebrity politician whose backwoods
image Crockett himself created, then lost control of; and
the mythic Davy we know today. In the road-trip tradition of Sarah Vowell and Tony Horwitz,
Bob Thompson follows Crockett's footsteps from the Tennessee
river valley where he was born, to Washington, where he
served three terms in Congress, and on to Texas and the
gates of the Alamo, seeking out those who know, love and are
still willing to fight over Davy's life and legacy. Born on a Mountaintop will be more than just a
bold new biography of one of the great American heroes.
Thompson's rich mix of scholarship, reportage, humor,
and exploration of modern Crockett landscapes will bring
Davy Crockett's impact on the American imagination vividly
to life.
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