Boone, Black Hawk, and Crockett in 1833 : unsettling the mythic West /

This work analyzes, compiles and annotates three remarkable (and remarkably popular) biographical writings published originally in 1833, Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, Life of Ma-k-tai-me-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk, and The Life of Col. David Crockett of West Tennessee, in order to show how forma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Patterson, J. B. (John Barton), 1805-1890 (Author, Editor)
Other Authors:	Lofaro, Michael A., 1948- (Editor), Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840, Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Boone, Daniel, > 1734-1820. Black Hawk, > Sauk chief, > 1767-1838. Crockett, Davy, > 1786-1836. Pioneers > United States > Biography. Indians > Kings and rulers > Biography. Frontier and pioneer life > United States. Indians of North America > Wars > 1750-1815. United States > Territorial expansion. United States > History > 1815-1861. Middle West > Biography > History and criticism. United States > History, Military. West (U.S.) > Biography > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Stereotype and synthesis as national compromise : the evolution of the early frontier hero
Timothy Flint's biographical memoir of Daniel Boone
Life of Mà-ka-tai-me-she-kià-kiàk, or Black Hawk
The continuation of Black Hawk's life by J.B. Patterson
The life and adventures of Colonel David Crockett, of west Tennessee
A selective Crockett chronology, 1833-1836.