Sterling Biographies(r) Davy Crockett: Frontier Legend

By George E. Stanley

Book Overview

Davy Crockett was a child of the frontier, where violence and danger were everywhere. A hunter, soldier, and backwoods politician, he helped settle large swaths of the still-growing United States. In the process, he became an American legend, with his life and exploits dramatized--and often fictionalized--in film and TV. Renowned author George Edward Stanley tells the true story: his difficult childhood; his time in the militia fighting the Indians and the British; his decision to become a Justice of the Peace and eventually run for the Tennessee State Legislature; and his final stand, and death, at the famous battle of the Alamo.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140275499X
• ISBN13: 9781402754999
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher