A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee.

[3] Fashion is a thing I care mighty little about, except when it happens to run just exactly according to my own notion; and I was mighty nigh sending out my book without any preface at all, until a notion struck me, that perhaps it was necessary to explain a little the reason why and wherefore I had written it. Most of authors seek fame, but I seek for justice,a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess. A publication has been made to the world, which has done me much injustice; [4]and the catchpenny errors which it contains, have been already too long sanctioned by my silence. I don't know the author of the bookand indeed I don't want to know him; for after he has taken such a liberty with my name, and made such an effort to hold me up to public ridicule, he cannot calculate on any thing but my displeasure. If he had been content to have written his opinions about me, however contemptuous they might have been, I should have had less reason to complain. But when he professes to give my narrative (as he often does) in my own language, and then puts into my mouth such language as would disgrace even an outlandish African, he must himself be sensible of the injustice he has done me, and the trick he has played off on the publick. I have met with hundreds, if not with thousands of people, who have formed their opinions of my appearance, habits, language,[5] and every thing else from that deceptive work. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 37925
Author: Crockett, Davy
Release Date: Nov 5, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English