Synopsis
"Vivid, Comprehensible . . . cuts through decades of mythmaking." —Texas Monthly
About Michael Wallis
See more books from this AuthorAn excellent study likely to tick off the hagiographers.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t... | See more reviews from KirkusIf Mr. Wallis had quoted more of Crockett's own narrative I would have read it gladly, but he focuses on getting the facts straight, even wading into the dispute over exactly how Crockett died at the Alamo, a question that will never be settled.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t... | See more reviews from WSJ onlineThis new book, which makes ample use of Crockett’s own memoirs, is a lively read that deflates many of the myths surrounding the famous frontiersman...
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t...The Crockett that emerged from Wallis' research was definitely not the Crockett portrayed in 1954 by Disney.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t...In Michael Wallis’ splendid biography...nearly every legend about America’s most famous frontiersman is proved to be exaggeration — but, happily, with hard kernels of truth.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t......gives us a vital history of one segment of our shared past by clarifying the context of Crockett's time, which - like the Depression - is crowded with misconceptions.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t...Crockett would be pleased...and he would be amused that their hero was a far cry from the calculating and courageous, self-absorbed and self-aggrandizing, principled, prejudiced, and peculiar subject of Michael Wallis' biography.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t...As for the controversy over Crockett's final adventure at the Alamo, if you want the author's take, go ahead and read this rollicking, informative book.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t...In David Crockett...Wallis provides a fresh view of a subject near and dear to the hearts of Americans, an inspiration to several generations.
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t...Like Santa Anna, Wallis dispatches his hero with great alacrity when he finally reaches the Alamo. He accepts that Crockett met his end after the main event...
Read Full Review of David Crockett: The Lion of t......but to praise him, if in soft whispers rather than a hoot and a holler. In the process, he allows us to grasp how a worthy if imperfect man provided raw material for what would emerge as America’s own variation on the mythic Hercules.
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