American Legend

Author : Buddy Levy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781440684739

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American Legend by Buddy Levy Pdf

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 U.S. 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. “A great myth-busting story [that] presents Davy Crockett as a man of genius and folly, which has the unlikely effect of making him all the more heroic.”—Martin Dugard, author of The Last Voyage of Columbus and Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone “As spellbinding and dramatic as any novel and as compelling as any reportage.”—Peter Hoffer, Distinguished Research Professor of History, The University of Georgia

Author : R.L. Wilson
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0785818936

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Winchester by R.L. Wilson Pdf

The most lavish work ever produced on American long arms, this book has been published with the full cooperation of the Winchester Division of the Olin Corporation, as well as Winchester licensee, the U.S. Repeating Arms Company. The book's large format presents many of the firearms in exquisite close-ups, accompanied by substantial details of history, development, and significance. Variations within model groups are given ample attention, and the book's organization gives an unequaled overview of nearly a century and a half of Winchester achievement. A unique, comprehensive table in the appendix gives serial numbers and related production data previously unavailable in any one source. Every collector and enthusiast will delight in its broad appeal, with over 300 photographs in full color and more than 165 in black and white.

Author : Julia J. Quinlan
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448876877

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Corvette by Julia J. Quinlan Pdf

The Chevrolet Corvette has been around since the 1950s. It is so well known for its speed and reliability that it is used as an Indy 500 pace car. This volume profiles each of the Corvette’s six generations, which shows the evolution the model has undergone, while remaining at its core one of America’s favorite sports cars.

Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1987-04
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0833539752

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John Henry, an American Legend by Ezra Jack Keats Pdf

Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand

Author : Bayard Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:088077950

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The American Legend by Bayard Taylor Pdf

Author : Robert L Wilson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781510709294

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Winchester: An American Legend by Robert L Wilson Pdf

The most lavish work ever produced on American long arms, this book presents substantial details of the history, development, and significance of firearms. The book's 400 photographs give an unequaled overview of nearly a century and a half of Winchester achievement. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780553513073

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John Henry: An American Legend 50th Anniversary Edition by Ezra Jack Keats Pdf

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Caldecott Medalist Ezra Jack Keats’s vibrant retelling of the popular African American folk ballad in this beautiful hardcover edition. Have you heard the tale? John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He was taller and stronger than anyone around. When men started talking about laying railroad tracks across the prairies and deserts, and right through the mountains, John Henry knew he and his hammer had to be a part of it. And drive those spikes he did! Then came the day when a challenge was announced: Who could dig a tunnel through a mountain faster—John Henry and his hammer? Or a steam drill?

Author : Bayard Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026823667

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The American Legend. A Poem Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University by Bayard Taylor Pdf

Author : John Jennings
Publisher : West
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1552385280

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The Cowboy Legend by John Jennings Pdf

Annotation Before Owen Wister's publication of The Virginian in 1902, the image of the cowboy was essentially that of the dime novel. This title details the evidence that Everett Johnson a cowboy from Virginia who had been a friend of Wister's in Wyoming in the 1880s, was the initial and prime inspiration for Wister's cowboy.

Author : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 019974114X

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Steel Drivin' Man by Scott Reynolds Nelson Pdf

The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of the most dangerous enterprises of the time, the first rail route through the Appalachian Mountains. Using census data, penitentiary reports, and railroad company reports, Nelson reveals how John Henry, victimized by Virginia's notorious Black Codes, was shipped to the infamous Richmond Penitentiary to become prisoner number 497, and was forced to labor on the mile-long Lewis Tunnel for the C&O railroad. Equally important, Nelson masterfully captures the life of the ballad of John Henry, tracing the song's evolution from the first printed score by blues legend W. C. Handy, to Carl Sandburg's use of the ballad to become the first "folk singer," to the upbeat version by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Attractively illustrated with numerous images, Steel Drivin' Man offers a marvelous portrait of a beloved folk song--and a true American legend.

Author : Iain Finlayson
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000022299030

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Denim by Iain Finlayson Pdf

Author : Nancy Sinatra
Publisher : Stoddart
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1575441152

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Frank Sinatra by Nancy Sinatra Pdf

Offers a detailed look at the film actor and singer's life by his daughter

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCAL:B3322598

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American legends, etc by Bret Harte Pdf

Author : Wayland D. Hand
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520308718

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American Folk Legend by Wayland D. Hand Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Author : Glenn Frankel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620400647

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The Searchers by Glenn Frankel Pdf

New York Times Bestseller Named one of the best books of the year by: Parade The Guardian Kirkus Library Journal The true story behind the classic Western The Searchers by Pulitzer Prize-wining writer Glenn Frankel that the New York Times calls "A vivid, revelatory account of John Ford's 1956 masterpiece." In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Ann's story has been told and re-told over generations to become a foundational American tale. The myth gave rise to operas and one-act plays, and in the 1950s to a novel by Alan LeMay, which would be adapted into one of Hollywood's most legendary films, The Searchers, "The Biggest, Roughest, Toughest... and Most Beautiful Picture Ever Made!" directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. Glenn Frankel, beginning in Hollywood and then returning to the origins of the story, creates a rich and nuanced anatomy of a timeless film and a quintessentially American myth. The dominant story that has emerged departs dramatically from documented history: it is of the inevitable triumph of white civilization, underpinned by anxiety about the sullying of white women by "savages." What makes John Ford's film so powerful, and so important, Frankel argues, is that it both upholds that myth and undermines it, baring the ambiguities surrounding race, sexuality, and violence in the settling of the West and the making of America.