Crockett: The Real-Life Adventures of the Frontier Legend

"A great myth-busting story, written in a taut narrative style that is guaranteed to keep the reader...
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Author: Buddy Levy
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Crockett: The Real-Life Adventures of the Frontier Legend by Levy, Buddy

Crockett: The Real-Life Adventures of the Frontier Legend

$51.74

Crockett: The Real-Life Adventures of the Frontier Legend

$51.74
Author: Buddy Levy
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"A great myth-busting story, written in a taut narrative style that is guaranteed to keep the reader up all hours turning the pages."
--Martin Dugard, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Killing Lincoln (with Bill O'Reilly)

Crack open the most in-depth, exciting portrait of Davy Crockett ever written, from acclaimed bestselling adventure-history author Buddy Levy. Inside is more than just the tale of the coonskin-cap-wearing frontiersman who heroically sacrificed himself at the Battle of the Alamo, but of the real man behind the King of the Wild Frontier myth.

From a humble childhood and meager education, the legendary adventurer David Crockett led a distinguished life, winning three elections as a congressman and earning a presidential nomination. Buddy Levy reveals the fascinating truth of Crockett, beyond the newspaper spins and folkloric celebrity status, as a figure that both embraced and clashed with the identity of the American Old West.

He was charismatic, down-to-earth, pioneering, independent to a fault, and his adventures have been warped beyond recognition by Hollywood hype. But in this beautifully written narrative, Davy Crockett emerges as never before: a rugged individual, a true American original, and an enduring symbol of the Western frontier.

Author: Buddy Levy
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 03/11/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9798895150092

About the Author
Buddy Levy is the author of seven books, and his work has been featured or reviewed in The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Daily Beast, and The A.V. Club. He was the co-star, for 25 episodes from 2010-2012, on HISTORY Channel's hit docuseries Brad Meltzer's Decoded, which aired to an average of 1.7 million weekly viewers and is still airing as reruns today. In 2018 he was an on-camera expert on the 4-part TV Series The Frontiersmen: The Men Who Built America (HISTORY, Executive Producer Leonardo DiCaprio).

Levy was a contributing writer on the 2018 documentary film The Weight of Water, based in part on the book No Barriers, which Levy co-authored with blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer.

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