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An Account of Col. Davy Crockett's Tour 1835

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Title: An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Four.
Author: Crockett, [David], Col.
Description: 234, [34] ad pp. (Small 8vo) 6¾x4¼, later tan cloth. First Edition.Davy Crockett (1786-1836), failed soldier and scout, failed businessman, found his true calling in politics, where his outsized personality and flair for publicity were properly appreciated and rewarded. This narrative of his fact-finding tour of the East Coast combines sober fact and comic exaggeration. It is believed that it was largely penned by Augustin S. Clayton (1783-1839), a lawyer and judge from Georgia who served with Crockett in the U. S. House of Representatives in the 1830's. A year after publication of this book Crockett was bayoneted to death at the Alamo. Howes C896; Sabin 17565.
Heading: Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher: E.L. Carey and A. Hart
Date Published: 1835