I decided to read a couple of my son’s old children’s books before donating them. This biography tells the story of Davy Crockett and his rise from a boy in East Tennessee to outdoorsman, soldier and politician, eventually being elected to Congress.

He supported squatter’s rights, which led later to the Homestead Act. and opposed the Indian Removal Act, infuriating Andrew Jackson. After losing an election he went west to Texas and was killed by the Mexican army at the Alamo. A series of almanacs and other writing about Davy propelled him to later fame long after his death. ( )

This is a good biography for intermediate students. The writing is easy to read and the author really brings across the real Davy Crockett, rather than the one we usually see in fiction and movies. ( )