
American Legend
The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett
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Narrated by:
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Chris Abernathy
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By:
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Buddy Levy
David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a US congressman and a presidential nomination. His 1834 memoir enjoyed frenzied sales and prompted the first-ever "official" book tour for its enormously popular author. Down-to-earth, heroic, and independent to a fault, the real Crockett became lost in his own hype, and he's been overshadowed by a larger-than-life, pop-culture character in a coonskin cap.
Now, American Legend debunks the tall tales to reveal the fascinating truth of Crockett's hardscrabble childhood, his near-death experiences, his unlikely rise to Congress, and the controversial last stand at the Alamo that mythologized him beyond recognition. In this beautifully written narrative, Crockett emerges as never before: a rugged individual, a true American original, and an enduring symbol of the Western frontier.
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Good book, awful narrator
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Very interesting
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Crockett
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Buddy Levy delivers again.
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Evan's Review
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There might be other books I would listen to, like The Endurance, but it is really well researched and assembled
If you like Davey or want to know more about him..
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Excellent!
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Very well done
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However, with a positive attitude, drive and learned wisdom, David Crockett never stopped trying to better his life; inadvertently (and occassionally purposefully) building on his own legend.
I was glad to hear that, overall, David Crockett was a charismatic, humorous, generous, kind and all-around decent human being (especially for the time period).
Overall this book was a good look at an American Folklore Hero that is so shrouded in myth and legend that you can't even begin to believe anything you hear.
Also, the narrator isn't horrible, but could be better.
A honest take on an American Legend.
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Narrator is awful
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