David Crockett: His Life and Adventures

by John S. C. Abbott

Overview

David Crockett (17 August 1786 – 6 March 1836) usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American Frontiersman, Soldier and Politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012272829
Publisher:	Cherry Lane Ebooks
Publication date:	03/13/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	480 KB

About the Author

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine. Owing to the success of a little work, The Mother at Home, he devoted himself, from 1844 onwards, to literature. He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and of popular histories, which were credited with cultivating a popular interest in history. He is best known as the author of the widely popular History of Napoleon Bonaparte (1855), in which the various elements and episodes in Napoleon's career are described. Abbott takes a very favourable view towards his subject throughout. Also among his principal works are: History of the Civil War in America (1863-1866), and The History of Frederick II, Called Frederick the Great (New York, 1871).