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This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

David Crockett may not have been a model man, at least not by today's standards, but he was very representative of his social culture of his time. Once there were many men like him, now it is doubtful there are few left. These men were a source of great power and influence within... Read Full Overview

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 - June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writerDavid Crockett: His Life and Adventures by John S. C. Abbott might be the most accurate book you'll ever read about this great American icon. Throughout the book,... Read Full Overview

David Crockett certainly was not a model man. But he was a representative man. He was conspicuously one of a very numerous class, still existing, and which has heretofore exerted a very powerful influence over this republic. As such, his wild and wondrous life is worthy of the... Read Full Overview

David Crockett certainly was not a model man. But he was a representative man. He was conspicuously one of a very numerous class, still existing, and which has heretofore exerted a very powerful influence over this republic. As such, his wild and wondrous life is worthy of the... Read Full Overview

David Crockett: His Life and Adventures By John S. C. AbbottFirst Published: 1874

A quiet force of character meets bold adventures. David Crockett: His Life And Adventures brings a legendary figure into sharp, human focus. This classic biographical narrative unfolds as a vivid slice of antebellum america, mixing frontier life adventures with a portrait of... Read Full Overview

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 - June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. Early life: He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, and was associated with him in the management of Abbott's... Read Full Overview

A little more than a hundred years ago, a poor man, by the name of Crockett, embarked on board an emigrant-ship, in Ireland, for the New World. He was in the humblest station in life. But very little is known respecting his uneventful career excepting its tragical close.

David Crockett: His Life and Adventures By John S. C. Abbott

This accessible, immensely readable biography of Davy Crockett by John Abbott is part of the 'American Pioneers and Patriots' series, and is the best single-volume introduction to Crockett's life and times.

Renowned as a frontiersman, folk hero, congressman and Alamo defender, Davy Crockett was one of the most illustrious and heroic figures in American history. Crockett's biographers often say there were actually two Crocketts: David, the frontiersman and congressman martyred at... Read Full Overview

David Crockett: His life and adventures written by John S. C. Abbott have the story of a poor man by the name of Crockett who sailed from Ireland to the New World on an emigrant ship a little over a century ago. He was in the lowest possible position in life. But aside from the... Read Full Overview