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Jackson, Crockett and Houston on the American Frontier

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476665877
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Jackson, Crockett and Houston on the American Frontier written by Paul Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1813 storming of Fort Mims by Creek Indians brought to light the careers of Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston. All three fought the Creeks and each would have his part to play two decades later when the Alamo was stormed during the fight for Texan independence from Mexico. President Jackson was the first head of state to recognize the fledgling Republic of Texas. Colonel Crockett would be enshrined as a folk hero for his stand at the Alamo. General Houston won Texan independence at San Jacinto in 1836. This book tells the stories of the two landmark battles--at Fort Mims and the Alamo--and the interwoven lives of Jackson, Crockett and Houston, three of the most fascinating men in American history.

Jackson, Crockett and Houston on the American Frontier

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476625212
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Jackson, Crockett and Houston on the American Frontier written by Paul Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1813 storming of Fort Mims by Creek Indians brought to light the careers of Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston. All three fought the Creeks and each would have his part to play two decades later when the Alamo was stormed during the fight for Texan independence from Mexico. President Jackson was the first head of state to recognize the fledgling Republic of Texas. Colonel Crockett would be enshrined as a folk hero for his stand at the Alamo. General Houston won Texan independence at San Jacinto in 1836. This book tells the stories of the two landmark battles—at Fort Mims and the Alamo—and the interwoven lives of Jackson, Crockett and Houston, three of the most fascinating men in American history.

Davy Crockett

Author : Bruce Winders
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823957477
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Davy Crockett written by Bruce Winders and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of Davy Crockett, frontiersman and Tennessee stateman, who died trying to defend the Alamo.

Davy Crockett

Author : George Edward Stanley
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402754999
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Davy Crockett written by George Edward Stanley and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Davy Crockett, who grew to be a legend on America's colonial frontier.

The Age of Jackson

Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1438198159
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Jackson written by Tim McNeese and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Jackson was one of the most controversial presidents in American History. Raised in the backwoods of Appalachia, he grew up amidst the violence of the Revolutionary War and carried violence with him throughout his life. Though his penchant for dueling left him with a bullet lodged in his chest, Jackson's combative nature served him well in his military career. He quickly rose to prominence as a celebrated Indian fighter and hero of the War of 1812, and his victories against the Spanish and the Seminole in Florida led to the further expansion of the United States. As president, Jackson squabbled with the South over tariffs and fought to dismantle the Second Bank of the United States. But his longest lasting legacy was his policy of Indian Removal. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which resulted in the forcible relocation of multiple tribes to territories further west, a move that would become known as the Trail of Tears. In The Age of Jackson, follow Andrew Jackson's progress from fighting on the frontier to governing in the White House.

Davy Crockett

Author : J. T. Moriarty
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823941803
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Davy Crockett written by J. T. Moriarty and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the life of the American frontiersman who became a member of Congress and died trying to defend the Alamo.

The Columbia Companion to American History on Film

Author : Peter C. Rollins
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231508395
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Columbia Companion to American History on Film written by Peter C. Rollins and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-24 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American history has always been an irresistible source of inspiration for filmmakers, and today, for good or ill, most Americans'sense of the past likely comes more from Hollywood than from the works of historians. In important films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Roots (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), and Saving Private Ryan (1998), how much is entertainment and how much is rooted in historical fact? In The Columbia Companion to American History on Film, more than seventy scholars consider the gap between history and Hollywood. They examine how filmmakers have presented and interpreted the most important events, topics, eras, and figures in the American past, often comparing the film versions of events with the interpretations of the best historians who have explored the topic. Divided into eight broad categories—Eras; Wars and Other Major Events; Notable People; Groups; Institutions and Movements; Places; Themes and Topics; and Myths and Heroes—the volume features extensive cross-references, a filmography (of discussed and relevant films), notes, and a bibliography of selected historical works on each subject. The Columbia Companion to American History on Film is also an important resource for teachers, with extensive information for research or for course development appropriate for both high school and college students. Though each essay reflects the unique body of film and print works covering the subject at hand, every essay addresses several fundamental questions: What are the key films on this topic? What sources did the filmmaker use, and how did the film deviate (or remain true to) its sources? How have film interpretations of a particular historical topic changed, and what sorts of factors—technological, social, political, historiographical—have affected their evolution? Have filmmakers altered the historical record with a view to enhancing drama or to enhance the "truth" of their putative message?

Three Men of Destiny

Author : Billy Kennedy
Publisher : Ambassador International
ISBN 13 : 1932307966
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Three Men of Destiny written by Billy Kennedy and published by Ambassador International. This book was released on 2008 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the Scots-Irish roots of Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett, and offers information on their lives and times.

The Frontiersman

Author : Mark Derr
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Frontiersman written by Mark Derr and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: probably no figure in American history has been so frequently interpreted, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted as David Crockett. Derr sifted through surviving historical documents to discover the truth about a man who has been one of the most enduring of American symbols. Photos. Maps.

Born on a Mountaintop

Author : Bob Thompson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030772090X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Born on a Mountaintop written by Bob Thompson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he has been repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In Born on a Mountaintop, Bob Thompson combines the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife as he delves deep into our love for an American icon. In the road-trip tradition of Sarah Vowell and Tony Horwitz, Thompson follows Crockett's footsteps from his birthplace in east Tennessee to Washington, where he served three terms in Congress, and on to Texas and the gates of the Alamo, seeking out those who know, love, and are still willing to fight over Davy's life and legacy. Born on a Mountaintop is more than just a bold new biography of one of the great American heroes. Thompson's rich mix of scholarship, reportage, humor, and exploration of modern Crockett landscapes bring Davy Crockett's impact on the American imagination vividly to life.

Rebel Guerrillas

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476675732
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Rebel Guerrillas written by Paul Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the hills and valleys of the eastern Confederate states to the sun-drenched plains of Missouri and "Bleeding Kansas," a vicious, clandestine war was fought behind the big-battle clashes of the American Civil War. In the east, John Singleton Mosby became renowned for the daring hit-and-run tactics of his rebel horsemen. Here a relatively civilized war was fought; women and children usually left with a roof over their heads. But along the Kansas-Missouri border it was a far more brutal clash; no quarter given. William Clarke Quantrill and William "Bloody Bill" Anderson became notorious for their savagery.

The Dakota Conflict and Its Leaders, 1862-1865

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476639310
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Dakota Conflict and Its Leaders, 1862-1865 written by Paul Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Custer, Sitting Bull and Little Bighorn are familiar names in the history of the American West. Yet the Great Sioux War of 1876 was a less notorious affair than earlier events in Minnesota during 1862 when, over a few bloody weeks, hundreds of white settlers were killed by Sioux led by Little Crow. The following three years saw military thrusts under generals Sibley and Sully onto the Western Plains where hundreds of Indians, as innocent as the white victims, were cut down by American soldiers. From this carnage Sitting Bull first emerged as a military leader. This history reexamines the facts behind Sitting Bull's legend and that of the white captive, Fanny Kelly.

King of the Wild Frontier

Author : Davy Crockett
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486137740
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book King of the Wild Frontier written by Davy Crockett and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-reading autobiography of bear hunting and Indian fighting — written in 1834, two years before Crockett met his fate at the Alamo — popularized tall tales of the frontier.

American Legend

Author : Buddy Levy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440684731
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book American Legend written by Buddy Levy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 U.S. 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. “A great myth-busting story [that] presents Davy Crockett as a man of genius and folly, which has the unlikely effect of making him all the more heroic.”—Martin Dugard, author of The Last Voyage of Columbus and Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone “As spellbinding and dramatic as any novel and as compelling as any reportage.”—Peter Hoffer, Distinguished Research Professor of History, The University of Georgia

King Crockett

Author : Catherine Louise Albanese
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book King Crockett written by Catherine Louise Albanese and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

King Crockett

Author : Catherine Louise Albanese
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780912296401
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book King Crockett written by Catherine Louise Albanese and published by . This book was released on 1979-08-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Big Wonderful Thing

Author : Stephen Harrigan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320040
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Big Wonderful Thing written by Stephen Harrigan and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Harrigan, surveying thousands of years of history that lead to the banh mi restaurants of Houston and the juke joints of Austin, remembering the forgotten as well as the famous, delivers an exhilarating blend of the base and the ignoble, a very human story indeed. [ Big Wonderful Thing is] as good a state history as has ever been written and a must-read for Texas aficionados.”—Kirkus, Starred Review The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. “I couldn’t believe Texas was real,” the painter Georgia O’Keeffe remembered of her first encounter with the Lone Star State. It was, for her, “the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Big Wonderful Thing invites us to walk in the footsteps of ancient as well as modern people along the path of Texas’s evolution. Blending action and atmosphere with impeccable research, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan brings to life with novelistic immediacy the generations of driven men and women who shaped Texas, including Spanish explorers, American filibusters, Comanche warriors, wildcatters, Tejano activists, and spellbinding artists—all of them taking their part in the creation of a place that became not just a nation, not just a state, but an indelible idea. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big Wonderful Thing calls to mind the literary spirit of Robert Hughes writing about Australia or Shelby Foote about the Civil War. Like those volumes, it is a big book about a big subject, a book that dares to tell the whole glorious, gruesome, epically sprawling story of Texas.