Colonel Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir
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Author: David Crockett ISBN: 9781501485800
Publisher: Maine Book Barn Publishing Publication: November 22, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: David Crockett
ISBN: 9781501485800
Publisher: Maine Book Barn Publishing
Publication: November 22, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

"Colonel Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas, Written by Himself" by David "Davy" Crockett is an first-hand account by Crockett that commences where his autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee" leaves off.

The "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee" was written, in part, as a campaign piece in Crockett's House of Representatives re-election effort for the 1834 Congressional term. As such, he makes frequent reference to the burning question of the day----President Jackson's destruction of the United States Bank----which Davy opposed even though he was of Jackson's party. Jacksonian Democrats used all their influence to try to defeat Crockett as they had in 1832 when he opposed Jackson's Indian (Cherokee Removal Bill) bill. In the 1832 effort, Davy prevailed. But in this election (1834) he was defeated. Near the end of the 1834 campaign, Crockett said in his inimitable style to his enemies, "If I lose this race, you can all go to hell---I'll go to Texas!"

This book, published posthumously, was the result. Crockett planned to publish details of his Texas trip as a springboard to further political office either in Tennessee, or if he liked Texas enough to make it his new home, in that state. Unfortunately, he perished in the the massacre at the Alamo. The battle, though a defeat for the Texas forces, became watchword----Remember The Alamo!----for Texas independence. His notes for the book were found at the Alamo after independence was won. A final chapter was added by A. J Dumas who published Crockett's words, making the story current through the Battle of San Jacinto. At that battle, where the Alamo watchwords were first used, the Texian army led by Sam Huston crushed the Mexican army under General Santa Ana and achieved independence.

A must read in the "King of the Wild Frontier's" own inimitable language, describing his trip through Texas in those stirring days of the struggle for Texas Independence in 1834-36.

There are approximately 46,200+ words and approximately 154 pages at 300 words per page in this e-book.

NOTE: This book has been scanned then OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been applied to turn the scanned page images back into editable text. Then every effort has been made to correct typos, spelling, and to eliminate stray marks picked up by the OCR program. The original and/or extra period images, if any, were then placed in the appropriate place and, finally, the file was formatted for the e-book criteria of the site. This means that the text CAN be re-sized, searches performed, & bookmarks added, unlike some other e-books that are only scanned---errors, stray marks, and all.

We have added an Interactive Table of Contents & an Interactive List of Illustrations if any were present in the original. This means that the reader can click on the links in the Table of Contents or the List of Illustrations & be instantly transported to that chapter or illustration.

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"Colonel Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas, Written by Himself" by David "Davy" Crockett is an first-hand account by Crockett that commences where his autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee" leaves off.

The "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee" was written, in part, as a campaign piece in Crockett's House of Representatives re-election effort for the 1834 Congressional term. As such, he makes frequent reference to the burning question of the day----President Jackson's destruction of the United States Bank----which Davy opposed even though he was of Jackson's party. Jacksonian Democrats used all their influence to try to defeat Crockett as they had in 1832 when he opposed Jackson's Indian (Cherokee Removal Bill) bill. In the 1832 effort, Davy prevailed. But in this election (1834) he was defeated. Near the end of the 1834 campaign, Crockett said in his inimitable style to his enemies, "If I lose this race, you can all go to hell---I'll go to Texas!"

This book, published posthumously, was the result. Crockett planned to publish details of his Texas trip as a springboard to further political office either in Tennessee, or if he liked Texas enough to make it his new home, in that state. Unfortunately, he perished in the the massacre at the Alamo. The battle, though a defeat for the Texas forces, became watchword----Remember The Alamo!----for Texas independence. His notes for the book were found at the Alamo after independence was won. A final chapter was added by A. J Dumas who published Crockett's words, making the story current through the Battle of San Jacinto. At that battle, where the Alamo watchwords were first used, the Texian army led by Sam Huston crushed the Mexican army under General Santa Ana and achieved independence.

A must read in the "King of the Wild Frontier's" own inimitable language, describing his trip through Texas in those stirring days of the struggle for Texas Independence in 1834-36.

There are approximately 46,200+ words and approximately 154 pages at 300 words per page in this e-book.

NOTE: This book has been scanned then OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been applied to turn the scanned page images back into editable text. Then every effort has been made to correct typos, spelling, and to eliminate stray marks picked up by the OCR program. The original and/or extra period images, if any, were then placed in the appropriate place and, finally, the file was formatted for the e-book criteria of the site. This means that the text CAN be re-sized, searches performed, & bookmarks added, unlike some other e-books that are only scanned---errors, stray marks, and all.

We have added an Interactive Table of Contents & an Interactive List of Illustrations if any were present in the original. This means that the reader can click on the links in the Table of Contents or the List of Illustrations & be instantly transported to that chapter or illustration.

Our aim is to provide the reader AND the collector with long out-of-print (OOP) classic books at realistic prices. If you load your mobile device(s) with our books, not only will you have fingertip access to a large library of antiquarian and out-of-print material at reasonable prices, but you can mark them up electronically & always have them for immediate reference without worrying about damage or loss to expensive bound copies.

We will be adding to our titles regularly, look for our offerings on your favorite e-book site.

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