Davy Crockett (In Their Own Words (Econo-Clad)) (Library Binding)

by Elaine Marie Alphin (Author) "David Crockett spent most of his life exploring and hunting across America's untamed frontier..." (more)
Key Phrases: David Crockett, Santa Anna, Jacob Siler

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-Crockett never wore a coonskin cap and wasn't called "Davy" in his lifetime. These media myths, however, would've probably pleased him because he loved telling tall tales about himself. This series offering, using large type and simple language, does a good job of separating the man from the myth. Touching on his boyhood, the text focuses mostly on his political career. A final chapter revisits his heroic efforts at the Alamo and explains that how he met his death there is shrouded in mystery. Color cartoon illustrations, paintings, modern-day photographs, sidebar stories, and an official government portrait of Crockett fill out the pages. David A. Adler's A Picture Book of Davy Crockett (Holiday, 1996) focuses more on the legend than on the man, and the two books balance one another nicely.
Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of David Crockett, the famous frontier settler, congressman, and defender of the Alamo. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: Sagebrush Education Resources (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613523563
• ISBN-13: 978-0613523561
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