Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier

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Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon.
 
Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with any great legends, Davy Crockett’s has been retold time and again.  Through the years, he has been time and again reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In reality, one could argue that there are three distinct Crocketts: the real David as he was once before he became famous; the celebrity politician whose backwoods image Crockett himself created, then lost keep an eye on of; and the mythic Davy we know today.
     In the road-go back and forth tradition of Sarah Vowell and Tony Horwitz, Bob Thompson follows Crockett’s footsteps from the Tennessee river valley where he was once born, to Washington, where he served three terms in Congress, and on to Texas and the gates of the Alamo, seeking out those who know, love and are still willing to fight over Davy’s life and legacy.
     Born on a Mountaintop will be more than just a bold new biography of some of the great American heroes.  Thompson’s rich mix of scholarship, reportage, humor, and exploration of modern Crockett landscapes will bring Davy Crockett’s have an effect on on the American imagination vividly to life.

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