CROCKETT, David.
An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East.
"How many excuses there are in these modern days for great men to travel!": First edition of An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835.
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Item Number: RRB-119173
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Rare first edition of Crockett's account of his tour of New England and the Northeast, which includes the first tourist description of the infamous Five Points neighborhood in New York and was published a year before his death. Octavo, contemporary cloth-covered boards, engraved frontispiece portrait of Crockett. In very good condition. From the library of American businessman and amateur archaeologist William H. Claflin Jr. with his pictorial bookplate to the pastedown. Thirty-four page publisher's catalog bound at rear. Contemporary ownership inscription. Rare in the original cloth.
Commonly referred to as the "King of the Wild Frontier", American frontiersman and politician David Crockett became famous during his lifetime for larger-than-life exploits popularized by stage plays and almanacs. Crockett grew up in East Tennessee, was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821, and in 1827 was elected to the U.S. Congress where he vehemently opposed many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson, especially the Indian Removal Act. After losing re-election in 1835, he fled to Texas where he took part in the Texas Revolution and was executed at the Battle of the Alamo. After his death, Crockett continued to be credited with acts of mythical proportion and still remains one of the best-known American folk heroes.
An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East.
$1,150.00
Out of Stock