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American Legend

The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett

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American Legend

By: Buddy Levy
Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
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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.

©2005 Buddy Levy (P)2021 Tantor Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Americas Historical Politicians Politics & Activism United States Wild West Old West Funny Adventure
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ended up just ordering the book, couldn’t bare to listen to narrator reading in a forrest gump cadence

Good book, awful narrator

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Very good abs exciting book. Got a little slow with details of his political story, but if that’s not your thing, with audible you can skip and pick up at any point.

Very interesting

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Like like like like love love love love like like like love love like like love love like like again and again Davy Crockett last of the old frontier

Crockett

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As a fan of Author Buddy Levy I was not disappointed by his telling of David Crockett’s life story. It’s is fascinating how life in America has changed since the time of Crockett and to me, equally fascinating how it hasn’t.

Buddy Levy delivers again.

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Growing up in the 1950's and 60's when Walt Disney came with TV series it was great then when John Wayne made the movie The Alamo Davy was one boyhood heros. Yes I'm one that had a coon skin cap. If like adventure early American life poineers and politics u strong recommend this book

Evan's Review

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...this is your book. There were so many items I did not know about him. What a peculiar individual, but what an impact he had.

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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Well written with good pace! I really enjoyed learning more about Crockett and knowing the man behind the myth.

Excellent!

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Wonderfully written and narrated. I love how this covers Crockett’s early life and includes his own writings and quotes. I highly recommend this audio.

Very well done

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This book dives deep into the man who unwittingly but excitedly became a legend. I was happy to read about the insecurities and some lack of maturity in the American Legend. All people have their flaws and our folk hero's are no different.

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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The guy reading this sounds like he is doing a terrible John Wayne impression. I couldn’t get past it.

Narrator is awful

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