Bibliography of works on Davy Crockett

David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.[1]

Davy Crockett by William Henry Huddle, 1889

Crockett was born in Limestone, Greene County, Tennessee, (at that time, part of North Carolina). He served in the militia of Lawrence County, Tennessee and was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. In 1827, he was elected to the U.S. Congress. Due to his opposition to the Indian Removal Act during the administration of President Andrew Jackson, he was defeated in the next election, but made a political comeback in 1833. He subsequently lost his 1835 re-election bid and angrily left Tennessee for Texas (then the Mexican state of Tejas). His wife and children remained behind in Tennessee.[2]

All that is certain about Crockett's death, is that he died at the Battle of the Alamo. A former American slave named Ben, who was a cook for one of Santa Anna's officers, maintained that Crockett's body was found in the barracks surrounded by "no less than sixteen Mexican corpses", with Crockett's knife buried in one of them.[3] Stories that Crockett was among a group who surrendered, and were subsequently executed, began circulating immediately after the tragedy.[4] His life and legacy has been written about extensively, beginning in 1834 with a biography reputed to have been written by Crockett himself, but in reality was at least partly ghost written by Thomas Chilton.[5]

Bibliography

Davy Crockett bibliography
AuthorTitlePublisherPub DateNotesRefs
John Stevens Cabot AbbottDavid Crockett: his life and adventuresDodd, Mead and Company1874OCLC 646860448[6]
John Stevens Cabot AbbottThe Terror of the Indians; or, the Adventures of D. Crockett with IllustrationsWard Lock & Co1879OCLC 792749679[7]
John Stevens Cabot AbbottDavid CrockettDodd, Mead and Co1898OCLC 2991094[8]
Charles Fletcher AllenDavid Crockett, Scout: Small Boy, Pilgrim, Mountaineer, Soldier, Bear-Hunter and Congressman, Defender of the AlamoJ. B. Lippincott & Co.1911[9]
Elaine M. AlphinDavy CrockettLerner Publishing Group2003Illustrated by Tim Parlin
OCLC 48871534
ISBN 978-0-8225-1564-7
[10]
John Joseph ArpadDavid Crockett, An Original Eccentricity and Early American CharacterDuke University1969Ph.D. dissertation
OCLC 21010592
[11]
Frank Lee BealsDavy CrockettChicago Wheeler1960[12]
Frank Lee BealsReal Adventure with American Pathfinders : Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Davy CrockettH. Wagner Publishing1954Edited by Lowell C Ballard
OCLC 9046227
[13]
Walter BlairDavy Crockett, Legendary Frontier Hero: His True Life Story and the Fabulous Tall Tales Told About HimLincoln-Herndon Press1986[14]
James R. BoylstonAllen J. WienerDavid Crockett in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Poor Man's FriendBright Sky Press2009[15]
James Wakefield BurkeDavid Crockett, The Man Behind the MythEakins Press1984OCLC 10208220
ISBN 978-0-89015-437-3
[16]
Anna Grace CatronThe Public Career of David CrockettUniversity of Tennessee1955OCLC 9526282
Master's thesis
[17]
Elizabeth CoatsworthOld Whirlwind; a Story of Davy CrockettMacmillan1953Pictures by Manning de V. Lee
also published in Swedish
[18]
Manley F. CobiaJourney Into the Land of Trials : The Story of Davy Crockett's Expedition to the AlamoHillsboro Press2003OCLC 52223857
ISBN 978-1-57736-268-5
[19]
Jane CorbyThe Story of David CrockettBarse & Hopkins1922OCLC 3131543[20]
James E. CrispSleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas RevolutionOxford University Press2005OCLC 54960634
ISBN 978-0-19-516350-6
[21]
Davy CrockettA Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of TennesseeE.L. Carey and A. Hart1834OCLC 1698539
Co-authored (or ghost written) by Thomas Chilton
[22][23]
Davy CrockettSketches and eccentricities of Col. David Crockett of West TennesseeJ & J Harper/O. Rich1833OCLC 16823280
Credited to Crockett, but actually written by Mathew St. Clair Clarke
[24]
Davy Crockett"Go ahead!" : Davy Crockett's Almanack of Wild Sports of the West and Life in the Backwoods : Calculated for All the States in the Union : 1835[25]Snag & Sawyer1834Crockett's almanac has been published multiple times under varied titles[26]
Davy CrockettDavy Crockett and His Adventures in Texas Told Mostly by HimselfCharles Scribner's Sons1934OCLC 98903811[27]
Davy CrockettAn Autobiography of Davy CrockettSkyhorse Publishing2011OCLC 1051846
ISBN 978-1-61608-400-4

edited by Steve Brennan

[28]
William C. DavisThree Roads to the Alamo : The Lives and Fortunes of Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret TravisHarperCollins2009OCLC 809723407
ISBN 978-0-06-017334-0
[29]
William C. DavisLone Star Rising-The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas RepublicFree Press2004OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6
[30]
Hazel H. DavisDavy CrockettRandom House1955[31]
Mark DerrThe Frontiersman : The Real Life and the Many Legends of Davy CrockettWilliam Morrow and Company1993OCLC 27034755
ISBN 978-0-688-13798-4
[32]
Edward S. EllisThe Texan Trailer, or, Davy Crockett's Last bear HuntBeadle and Co1871OCLC 23100866[33]
Edward S. EllisThe Life of Davy CrockettMantle Ministries2000OCLC 48369449[34]
Stanley J. FolmsbeeThe Early Career of David CrockettEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1956Anna Grace Catron co-writer
OCLC 310377152
[35]
Stanley J. FolmsbeeDavid Crockett: CongressmanEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1957Anna Grace Catron co-writer
Stanley J. FolmsbeeDavid Crockett in TexasEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1958
Stanley J. FolmsbeeDavid Crocket and His AutobiographyEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1971[36]
Stanley J. FolmsbeeDavid Crockett and West TennesseeEast Tennessee Historical Society Publications1974
Janie Preston Collup FrenchDavy Crockett and the Crockett FamilyChattanooga: Lookout Pub. Co1951Zella Armstrong co-writer
OCLC 2721129
[37]
Bill GronemanDeath of a Legend: The Myth and Mystery Surrounding the Death of Davy CrockettRepublic of Texas Press1999OCLC 45733790
ISBN 978-1-55622-688-5
[38]
Bill GronemanDavid Crockett: Hero of the Common ManForge Books2007OCLC 58919622
ISBN 978-0-7653-1067-5
[39]
Herbert L. HarperHouston and Crockett: Heroes of Tennessee and Texas: An Anthology.Nashville: Tennessee Historical Commission1986[40]
M. J. HealeThe Role of the Frontier in Jacksonian Politics: David Crockett and the Myth of the Self-Made ManWestern Historical Quarterly1973[41]
Daniel G. HoffmanDeaths and Three Resurrections of Davy CrockettAntioch Review1951[42]
Albert Ross HogueDavy Crockett and Others in Fentress County Who Have Given the County a Prominent Place in History1955OCLC 6657672[43]
Marianne JohnstonDavy CrockettPowerKids Press2001OCLC 45163793OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-8239-5581-7
[44]
Randell JonesIn the Footsteps of Davy CrockettJohn F. Blair2006OCLC 63122721OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-89587-324-8
[45]
Dan KilgoreHow Did Davy Die? And Why Do We Care So Much?Texas A&M University Press2010OCLC 0622482OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-1-60344-194-0
[46]
Buddy LevyThe Real Life Adventures of David CrockettPutnam Press2005OCLC 61254063OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 0-399-15278-4
[47]
Michael LofaroDavy Crockett: The Man, the Legend, the Legacy, 1786–1986University of Tennessee Press1985OCLC 11442284OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-87049-459-8
[48]
Michael LofaroCrockett at Two Hundred: New Perspectives on the Man and the Myth.University of Tennessee Press1989OCLC 18560446OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-87049-592-2
[49]
C. Grant LoomisDavy Crockett Visits BostonNew England Quarterly1947[50]
David Joseph MarcouRemembering Davy CrockettLa Crosse, WI: DigiCOPY2012–2014Stage play nominated for a Pulitzer Prize[51][52]
Michael J. MendenhallDavy Crockett and the Unconstitutional Welfare StateThe Institute for Constitutional Research1990OCLC 26022972OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-9625954-1-7
[53]
Guy S. MilesDavid Crockett Evolves, 1821–1824American Quarterly1956[54]
Marion Michael NullThe Forgotten Pioneer: The Life of Davy CrockettVantage Press1954OCLC 2086951[55]
Constance RourkeDavy CrockettUniversity of Nebraska Press1998OCLC 247667981OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-8032-8967-3
[56]
C. Richard Schaare,The Life of Davy Crockett in Picture and StoryCupples & Leon Company1935OCLC 7126595[57]
James Atkins ShackfordThe Autobiography of David Crockett : An Annotated Edition with Portraits, Maps, and AppendicesVanderbilt University1948OCLC 10614555[58]
James Atkins ShackfordDavid Crockett: The Man and the LegendUniversity of North Carolina Press1994OCLC 1669759[59]
James Atkins ShackfordDavid Crockett and North CarolinaNorth Carolina Historical Review1951[60]
Jonathan Kennon SmithThe Land Holdings of Colonel David Crockett in West TennesseeJ.K.T. Smith2003OCLC 54022513[61]
Richard Penn SmithOn to the Alamo: Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas[62]U.P. Kaes1839Reprinted in 2003 Penguin Books[63]
John W. ThomasonDavy Crockett and His Adventures in TexasScribner1934OCLC 6106910[64]
William C. SpragueDavy CrockettMacmillan1915OCLC 5208618[65]
Stuart A. StifflerDavy Crockett: The Genesis of Heroic MythTennessee Historical Quarterly1954OCLC 730049269[66]
Vincent F. TaylorDavid Crockett, the Bravest of Them All, Who Died in the AlamoNaylor Co1955OCLC 3424902[67]
Robert M. Torrence
Robert L. Whittenburg
Colonel Davy CrockettH. Fagan1956OCLC 13679847[68]
Sanford TouseyDavy Crockett, Hero of the AlamoA. Whitman1898OCLC 1888480[69]
Michael WallisDavid Crockett: the Lion of the WestW. W. Norton & Company2011OCLC 601108943
ISBN 978-0-393-06758-3
[70]

References

External links

  • Petite, Mary Deborah (1999). 1836 Facts about the Alamo and the Texas War for Independence. Mason City, IA: Savas Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-882810-35-2.
  • Tinkle, Lon (1985). 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0-89096-238-1.. Reprint. Originally published: New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958