Bibliography of works on Davy Crockett explained

See main article: Davy Crockett. David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.[1]

Crockett was born in Limestone, Greene County, Tennessee, (at that time, part of North Carolina). He served in the militia of Lawrence County, Tennessee and was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. In 1827, he was elected to the U.S. Congress. Due to his opposition to the Indian Removal Act during the administration of President Andrew Jackson, he was defeated in the next election, but made a political comeback in 1833. He subsequently lost his 1835 re-election bid and angrily left Tennessee for Texas (then the Mexican state of Tejas). His wife and children remained behind in Tennessee.[2]

All that is certain about Crockett's death, is that he died at the Battle of the Alamo. A former American slave named Ben, who was a cook for one of Santa Anna's officers, maintained that Crockett's body was found in the barracks surrounded by "no less than sixteen Mexican corpses", with Crockett's knife buried in one of them. Stories that Crockett was among a group who surrendered, and were subsequently executed, began circulating immediately after the tragedy. His life and legacy has been written about extensively, beginning in 1834 with a biography reputed to have been written by Crockett himself, but in reality was at least partly ghost written by Thomas Chilton.[3]

Bibliography

Davy Crockett bibliography
AuthorTitlePublisherPub DateNotesRefs
David Crockett: his life and adventuresDodd, Mead and Company1874[4]
Ward Lock & Co1879[5]
David CrockettDodd, Mead and Co1898[6]
David Crockett, Scout: Small Boy, Pilgrim, Mountaineer, Soldier, Bear-Hunter and Congressman, Defender of the AlamoJ. B. Lippincott & Co.1911[7]
Davy CrockettLerner Publishing Group2003Illustrated by Tim Parlin

[8]
David Crockett, An Original Eccentricity and Early American CharacterDuke University1969Ph.D. dissertation
[9]
Davy CrockettChicago Wheeler1960[10]
Real Adventure with American Pathfinders : Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Davy CrockettH. Wagner Publishing1954Edited by Lowell C Ballard
[11]
Davy Crockett, Legendary Frontier Hero: His True Life Story and the Fabulous Tall Tales Told About HimLincoln-Herndon Press1986[12]
David Crockett in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Poor Man's FriendBright Sky Press2009[13]
David Crockett, The Man Behind the MythEakins Press1984
[14]
The Public Career of David CrockettUniversity of Tennessee1955
Master's thesis		[15]
Old Whirlwind; a Story of Davy CrockettMacmillan1953Pictures by Manning de V. Lee
also published in Swedish		[16]
Journey Into the Land of Trials : The Story of Davy Crockett's Expedition to the AlamoHillsboro Press2003
[17]
The Story of David CrockettBarse & Hopkins1922[18]
Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas RevolutionOxford University Press2005
[19]
A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of TennesseeE.L. Carey and A. Hart1834
Co-authored (or ghost written) by Thomas Chilton		[20] [21]
Sketches and eccentricities of Col. David Crockett of West TennesseeJ & J Harper/O. Rich1833
Credited to Crockett, but actually written by Mathew St. Clair Clarke		[22]
"Go ahead" : Davy Crockett's Almanack of Wild Sports of the West and Life in the Backwoods : Calculated for All the States in the Union : 1835Snag & Sawyer1834Crockett's almanac has been published multiple times under varied titles[23]
Davy Crockett and His Adventures in Texas Told Mostly by HimselfCharles Scribner's Sons1934[24]
An Autobiography of Davy CrockettSkyhorse Publishing2011
edited by Steve Brennan 		[25]
Three Roads to the Alamo : The Lives and Fortunes of Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret TravisHarperCollins2009
[26]
Lone Star Rising-The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas RepublicFree Press2004
[27]
Davy CrockettRandom House1955[28]
The Frontiersman : The Real Life and the Many Legends of Davy CrockettWilliam Morrow and Company1993
[29]
The Texan Trailer, or, Davy Crockett's Last bear HuntBeadle and Co1871[30]
The Life of Davy CrockettMantle Ministries2000[31]
The Early Career of David CrockettEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1956Anna Grace Catron co-writer
[32]
David Crockett: CongressmanEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1957Anna Grace Catron co-writer
David Crockett in TexasEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1958
David Crocket and His AutobiographyEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1971[33]
David Crockett and West TennesseeEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1974
Davy Crockett and the Crockett FamilyChattanooga: Lookout Pub. Co1951Zella Armstrong co-writer
[34]
Death of a Legend: The Myth and Mystery Surrounding the Death of Davy CrockettRepublic of Texas Press1999
[35]
David Crockett: Hero of the Common ManForge Books2007
[36]
Houston and Crockett: Heroes of Tennessee and Texas: An Anthology.Nashville: Tennessee Historical Commission1986[37]
The Role of the Frontier in Jacksonian Politics: David Crockett and the Myth of the Self-Made ManWestern Historical Quarterly1973[38]
Deaths and Three Resurrections of Davy CrockettAntioch Review1951[39]
Davy Crockett and Others in Fentress County Who Have Given the County a Prominent Place in History1955[40]
Davy CrockettPowerKids Press2001
[41]
In the Footsteps of Davy CrockettJohn F. Blair2006
[42]
How Did Davy Die? And Why Do We Care So Much?Texas A&M University Press2010
[43]
The Real Life Adventures of David CrockettPutnam Press2005
[44]
Davy Crockett: The Man, the Legend, the Legacy, 1786–1986University of Tennessee Press1985
[45]
Crockett at Two Hundred: New Perspectives on the Man and the Myth.University of Tennessee Press1989
[46]
Davy Crockett Visits BostonNew England Quarterly1947[47]
Remembering Davy CrockettLa Crosse, WI: DigiCOPY2012–2014Stage play nominated for a Pulitzer Prize[48] [49]
Davy Crockett and the Unconstitutional Welfare StateThe Institute for Constitutional Research1990
[50]
David Crockett Evolves, 1821–1824American Quarterly1956[51]
The Forgotten Pioneer: The Life of Davy CrockettVantage Press1954[52]
Davy CrockettUniversity of Nebraska Press1998
[53]
The Life of Davy Crockett in Picture and StoryCupples & Leon Company1935[54]
The Autobiography of David Crockett : An Annotated Edition with Portraits, Maps, and AppendicesVanderbilt University1948[55]
David Crockett: The Man and the LegendUniversity of North Carolina Press1994[56]
David Crockett and North CarolinaNorth Carolina Historical Review1951[57]
The Land Holdings of Colonel David Crockett in West TennesseeJ.K.T. Smith2003[58]
On to the Alamo: Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in TexasU.P. Kaes1839Reprinted in 2003 Penguin Books[59]
Davy Crockett and His Adventures in TexasScribner1934[60]
Davy CrockettMacmillan1915[61]
Davy Crockett: The Genesis of Heroic MythTennessee Historical Quarterly1954[62]
David Crockett, the Bravest of Them All, Who Died in the AlamoNaylor Co1955[63]

Robert L. Whittenburg		Colonel Davy CrockettH. Fagan1956[64]
Davy Crockett, Hero of the AlamoA. Whitman1898[65]
David Crockett: the Lion of the WestW. W. Norton & Company2011
[66]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lofaro. Michael A.. David Crockett. Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. April 28, 2013.
  2. Web site: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Retro Member details . bioguideretro.congress.gov.
  3. Web site: Lofaro. Michael A. David Crockett. TAMU. April 28, 2013. March 9, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130309100013/http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/bios/crockett/crockett.html. dead.
  4. Book: David Crockett: His Life and Adventures by John S. C. Abbott . 30 April 2023 .
  5. Book: Abbot . John Stevens Cabot . The Terror of the Indians; or, the Adventures of D. Crockett ... With ... illustrations .
  6. Book: Abbott . John . David Crockett . Dodd, Mead and Co. . New York .
  7. Book: Allen . Charles Fletcher . David Crockett, scout : small boy, pilgrim, mountaineer, soldier, bear-hunter, and congressman, defender of the Alamo . 1911 . Lippincott, Philadelphia.
  8. Book: Alphin . Elaine Marie . Davy Crockett . 2003 . Lerner Publications Co . Minneapolis . 9780822503934.
  9. Web site: Arpad . Joseph John . David Crockett, and original; legendary eccentricity and early American character .. . www.worldcat.org . 2 May 2023.
  10. Book: Beals . Frank L. . Front cover image for Davy Crockett Davy Crockett . 1960 . Harper & Row.
  11. Scheckler . W. E. . The caring imperative . Wisconsin Medical Journal . February 1997 . 96 . 2 . 10–11 . 9046227 .
  12. Book: Blair . Walter . Davy Crockett, legendary frontier hero : his true life story and the fabulous tall tales told about him . 1986 . Lincoln-Herndon Press . 0942936086.
  13. Book: Boylston . James R. . Wiener . Allen J. . David Crockett in Congress: the rise and fall of the poor man's friend ; with collected correspondence, selected speeches and circulars . 2009 . Bright Sky Press . Houston, Tex . 9781933979519.
  14. Book: Burke . James W. . David Crockett: man behind the myth . 1984 . Eakin Press . Austin, Tex . 9780890154373 . 1..
  15. Web site: Catron . Anna Grace . The public career of David Crockett. . www.worldcat.org . University of Tennessee, Knoxville . 2 May 2023.
  16. Book: Old Whirlwind; a story of Davy Crockett WorldCat.org . 1953 . Macmillan.
  17. Book: Cobia . Manley F. . Journey Into the Land of Trials: The Story of Davy Crockett's Expedition to the Alamo . 2003 . Hillsboro Press . 978-1-57736-268-5 .
  18. Book: Corby . Jane . The Story of David Crockett . 1922 . Barse & Hopkins .
  19. Book: Crisp . James E. . Sleuthing the Alamo : Davy Crockett's last stand and other mysteries of the Texas Revolution . 2005 . Oxford University Press . New York . 9780195163506.
  20. Book: A narrative of the life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee . catalog.loc.gov . Tennesseana editions . 1973 . Library of Congress . 9780870491191 . 11 August 2023 . en.
  21. Book: Crockett . Davy . A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett ... . 1834 . E.L. Carey and A. Hart . en.
  22. Book: Crockett . Davy . Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee . 1833 . Harper & Brothers .
  23. Web site: Davy Crockett's almanack, of wild sports of the West, and life in the backwoods : Calculated for all the states in the Union. 1835 . www.worldcat.org . Snag & Sawyer . 2 May 2023 . en.
  24. Web site: The Adventures of Davy Crockett. Told mostly by himself. With illustrations by John W. Thomason. [An edition in one volume of "A Narrative of the Life of Davy Crockett" and "Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas."] ]. www.worldcat.org . Charles Scribner's Sons . 2 May 2023 . en.
  25. Book: Crockett . Davy . An Autobiography of Davy Crockett . 10 October 2011 . Skyhorse Publishing Inc. . 978-1-61608-400-4 . 1 May 2023.
  26. Book: Davis . William C. . Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis . 17 March 2009 . Harper Collins . 978-0-06-175407-4 . en.
  27. Book: Davis . William C. . Lone Star Rising: The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas Republic . 2004 . Simon and Schuster . 978-0-684-86510-2 .
  28. Book: Davis . Hazel H. . Davy Crockett . 1955 . Random House, New York.
  29. Web site: The frontiersman : the real life and the many legends of Davy Crockett . www.worldcat.org . W. Morrow, New York . 1 May 2023.
  30. Book: Ellis . Edward Sylvester . The Texan trailer, or, Davy Crockett's last bear hunt . 1871.
  31. Book: Ellis . Edward Sylvester . The life of Davy Crockett . 2000 . Mantle Ministries . 978-1-889128-57-3.
  32. Web site: The early career of David Crockett . www.worldcat.org . East Texas Historical Society, Knoxville Tenn. . 2 May 2023 . en.
  33. Web site: David Crockett and his autobiography WorldCat.org . www.worldcat.org . 11 August 2023 . en.
  34. Web site: Armstrong . Zella . French . Janie Preston Collup . Davy Crockett and the Crockett family . www.worldcat.org . 1 May 2023.
  35. Book: Groneman . Bill . Death of a legend : the myth and mystery surrounding the death of Davy Crockett . 1999 . Republic of Texas Press . Plano, Tex. . 978-1-55622-688-5.
  36. Web site: David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man by William Groneman, III . www.publishersweekly.com . Forge Books. 1 May 2023.
  37. Book: Houston and Crockett : heroes of Tennessee and Texas : an anthology / . Tennessee Historical Commission . 1 May 2023 . 1986.
  38. Heale . M. J. . The Role of the Frontier in Jacksonian Politics: David Crockett and the Myth of the Self-Made Man . The Western Historical Quarterly . 1973 . 4 . 4 . 405–423 . 10.2307/967284 . 967284 . 1 May 2023 . 0043-3810.
  39. Hoffman . Daniel G. . The Deaths and Three Resurrections of Davy Crockett . The Antioch Review . 1961 . 21 . 1 . 5–13 . 10.2307/4610304 . 4610304 . 1 May 2023 . 0003-5769.
  40. Book: Hogue . Albert Ross . Davy Crockett and others in Fentress County who have given the county a prominent place in history . 1955 .
  41. Book: Johnston . Marianne . Davy Crockett . 2001 . PowerKids Press . 978-0-8239-5581-7 . Internet Archive Open Library . 3968423M . 1st .
  42. Book: Jones . Randell . In Footsteps of Davy Crockett (In the Footsteps) . 30 March 2006 . John F. Blair Publisher . Internet Archive Open Library . 978-0-89587-324-8 . 8253119M .
  43. Book: Kilgore . Dan . How did Davy die? and why do we care so much? . 2010 . Texas A & M University Press . College Station . 978-1-60344-194-0 . Commemorative, enl.
  44. Web site: American legend : the real-life adventures of David Crockett . www.worldcat.org . G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York . 1 May 2023.
  45. Web site: Davy Crockett : the man, the legend, the legacy, 1786–1986 . www.worldcat.org . University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville . 1 May 2023.
  46. Web site: Crockett at Two Hundred: New Perspectives on the Man and the Myth . National Humanities Center . 1 May 2023.
  47. Loomis . C. Grant . Davy Crockett Visits Boston . The New England Quarterly . 1947 . 20 . 3 . 396–400 . 10.2307/361448 . 361448 . 1 May 2023 . 0028-4866.
  48. Web site: David Joseph Marcou, BA-'73, Wisconsin's Most Prolific Author's Personal & Professional Accomplishments As of 12-7-19 Wisconsin Alumni Association . www.uwalumni.com . Wisconsin Alumni Association . 1 May 2023 . en.
  49. Web site: Remembering Davy Crockett . University of Missouri . 1 May 2023.
    Web site: Cast and Crew Photograph . Wisconsin Historical Society . 1 May 2023. 7 August 2014.
  50. Web site: Davy Crockett and the unconstitutional welfare state . www.worldcat.org . The Institute for Constitutional Research . 1 May 2023.
  51. Miles . Guy S. . David Crockett Evolves, 1821–1824 . American Quarterly . 1956 . 8 . 1 . 53–60 . 10.2307/2710297 . 2710297 . 1 May 2023 . 0003-0678.
  52. Web site: Marion Michael . Null . The forgotten pioneer : the life of Davy Crockett . www.worldcat.org . 1 May 2023.
  53. Web site: Davy Crockett . www.worldcat.org . Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln . 1 May 2023.
  54. Web site: The life of Davy Crockett in picture and story . www.worldcat.org . Cupples & Leon Co., New York.
  55. Web site: The autobiography of David Crockett : an annotated edition with portraits, maps, and appendices . www.worldcat.org . Vanderbilt University . 1 May 2023 . en.
  56. Web site: David Crockett : the man and the legend . www.worldcat.org . University of Nebraska Press . Lincoln, Neb. . 1 May 2023.
  57. Shackford . James Atkins . David Crockett and North Carolina . The North Carolina Historical Review . 1951 . 28 . 3 . 298–315 . 23515913 . 1 May 2023 . 0029-2494.
  58. Web site: The land holdings of Colonel David Crockett in West Tennessee . www.worldcat.org . J.K.T. Smith, [Jackson, Tenn |access-date=1 May 2023].
  59. Web site: On to the Alamo : Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas . www.worldcat.org . 1 May 2023.
  60. Web site: The adventure of Davy Crockett. Told mostly by himself with illustrations by John W. Thomason, Jr. . www.worldcat.org . Scribner's Sons, N.Y. . 1 May 2023.
  61. Web site: Sprague . William C. . Davy Crockett . Hathi Trust . The Macmillan company . 1 May 2023 . 1915.
  62. Web site: Davy Crockett : the genesis of heroic myth . www.worldcat.org . Tennessee Historical Soc., Nashville . 1 May 2023.
  63. Web site: David Crockett, the bravest of them all, who died in the Alamo . www.worldcat.org . Naylor Co, San Antonio . 1 May 2023.
  64. Web site: Colonel "Davy" Crockett . www.worldcat.org . 1 May 2023 . en.
  65. Web site: Davy Crockett : hero of the Alamo . www.worldcat.org . 1 May 2023.
  66. Book: Wallis . Michael . David Crockett: the Lion of the West . W.W. Norton . 30 April 2023 . 2011. 9780393067583 . 24997283M .

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