A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: David Crockett
- First Published: 1834
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Type of Plot: History and adventure
- Time of Work: 1780-1834
- Setting: Tennessee
- Principal Characters: David Crockett
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Nineteenth century, Eighteenth century, Adventure, Hunting or hunters, Bears, Frontier or pioneer life, Congresses or conventions, Documentation
- Locales: Tennessee
Critique:
Davy Crockett has long been a familiar figure in American history. As a hunter and frontiersman he is often likened to Daniel Boone, and his heroic death at the Alamo has stirred our imaginations. Whatever charm this autobiography may have must rest in the reader’s interest in Crockett himself, for the book is almost graceless. Crockett seldom locates places, gives dates, or names people. Even his two wives are never called by name. The sections dealing with the Creek War are almost completely flat. We see Crockett as a petulant hater of Andrew Jackson and a...
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