· David Crockett: The Lion of the West. by Michael Wallis,W.W. Norton Co., New York, , $ David Crockett spent only a small portion of his 49 years west of the Mississippi, but the man had “frontier” written all over him (even when not wearing a coonskin cap), and his death at the Alamo is one of the signature events in Texas and Wild West bltadwin.ru: Gregory Lalire. Michael Wallis papers David Crockett: The Lion of the West Rev. April Wallis’s handwritten preliminary notes, references, etc. pieces. “A Day-to-Day Account of the Life of David Crockett during the Creek Indian War. Wallis’s typed chronology, 10p. “A Day-to-Day Account of the Life of David Crockett at Shoal Creek. · David Crockett: The Lion of the West. Michael Wallis. W. W. Norton Company, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 1 Review. "Vivid, Comprehensible 5/5(1).
In this surprising New York Times bestseller, historian Michael Wallis has cast a fresh look at the flesh-and-blood man behind one of the most celebrated figures in American history. More than a riveting story, Wallis's David Crockett is a revelatory, authoritative biography that separates fact from fiction and provides us with an. Wallis's David Crockett is more than a riveting story. It is a revelatory, authoritative biography that separates fact from fiction, providing us with an extraordinary evocation of a true American hero and the rough-and-tumble times in which he lived. David Crockett: The Lion of the West Michael Wallis No preview available - Michael's biography of David Crockett, entitled David Crockett: The Lion of the West, will be published in the spring of , and his seventeenth book, The Wild West: Days, also will be published by Abrams this year.
"David Crockett: The Lion of the West" by Michael Wallis (W.W. Norton; ISBN , $) Many people know Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier; "born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, killed a bear when he was only three.”. David Crockett: The Lion of the West. David Crockett.: Michael Wallis. W. W. Norton Company, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 2 Reviews. Steeped in legend, shrouded in. Captivated as a child by the mythical Davy Crockett as presented by Walt Disney during the s, Wallis (Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd) endeavors here to find the man behind the myth; he notes that Crockett always referred to himself in writing as David, but his mission is not specifically to debunk the mythology that surrounded Crockett so much as to present a readable and folksy account of the actual facts of Crockett's life.
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