American Legend, Buddy Levy
American Legend, Buddy Levy
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American Legend
The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett

Author: Buddy Levy

Narrator: Chris Abernathy

Unabridged: 10 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/14/2021

Synopsis

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 US 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.

About Buddy Levy

Buddy Levy is the author of the recent books No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon (with Erik Weihenmayer), Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior (with Mike Leach), and River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon. His other books include Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs, which was a finalist for the 2009 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and nominated for the 2009 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award and a 2009 PEN Center USA Award, American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett, and Echoes on Rimrock: In Pursuit of the Chukar Partridge. His books have been published in six languages.

As a freelance journalist, he has covered adventure sports and lifestyle/travel subjects around the world, including several Eco-Challenges and other adventure expeditions in Argentina, Borneo, Europe, Greenland, Morocco, and the Philippines. His magazine articles and essays have appeared in Alaska Beyond, Backpacker, Big Sky Journal, Couloir, Discover, High Desert Journal, Poets & Writers, River Teeth, Ski, Trail Runner, Utne Reader, TV Guide, and VIA. He is clinical associate professor of English at Washington State University, and lives in northern Idaho.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucas

Didn’t wear a coon skin hat. Mind blown and everything I know is a lie. 0/5 on spice.......more

Goodreads review by Austin

Was interesting, but my least favorite Buddy Levy book so far. Really enjoyed Conquistador and loved River of Darkness. Already preordered his next book on an arctic expedition, coming out in December. This book had some bits and pieces that were very interesting and I always love the way Levy write......more

Goodreads review by Richard

Buddy Levy has produced a very enjoyable read of the life of an American legend. He describes a David Crockett who had hardly any formal education, yet became a living legend partly from books that he published about himself; who came from the humblest beginnings in East Tennessee, yet became intern......more

Goodreads review by Jack

I always had an interest in Davy Crockett, reading about his exploits. I enjoyed watching the Disney series in 1954, later I watched the John Wayne version of the Alamo. I'm a big fan of Buddy Levy reading a number of his books. I can't say I found this one a page turner like his others. It helped me s......more

Goodreads review by Steven

There are a number of great frontier figures who have excited the imagination over time--Kit Carson, Daniel Boone--and Davy Crockett. This book does a strong job of laying out Crockett's life, his accomplishments, his shortcomings, why he became (dare I use the term?) an iconic American figure. His......more

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