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A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee
This fully annotated and illustrated edition of "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of Tennessee" of historical contextLiterary commentsBlack and White Illustrations for each chapterOpening and closing commentaryDavid Crockett grew up in what would later be called the State of Tennessee - living, surviving, and hunting 'ba'er'. David enjoyed nothing better than bear hunting with his hounds. However, the legend of Davy Crockett, the one that spurred many a movie, would not come about until later in life. As his political career was growing, a pamphlet came out to discredit Crockett, and thus this book was written to counter the pamphlet and set the record straight. It was this contradiction of fact and fiction that formed the everlasting legend of 'Davy Crockett' - and that was before he ever made it to the Alamo.
David Crockett's autobiography is one of those must read books in a lifetime - his frankness and satire will still crack a smile some 200 years later. It is an easy reading book that will take readers back to the 'early days' of settlers, wolves, bears, and learn Crockett's views for or against President Andrew Jackson. Go back to a time when elk and bison once roamed the state of Tennessee...and your closests neighbor was over seven miles away. All added material is sought to align and complement that which Crockett intended - just the facts, pure and straight.
David Crockett's autobiography is one of those must read books in a lifetime - his frankness and satire will still crack a smile some 200 years later. It is an easy reading book that will take readers back to the 'early days' of settlers, wolves, bears, and learn Crockett's views for or against President Andrew Jackson. Go back to a time when elk and bison once roamed the state of Tennessee...and your closests neighbor was over seven miles away. All added material is sought to align and complement that which Crockett intended - just the facts, pure and straight.
217 pages, Paperback
Published February 13, 2026
About the author
Steve Patton
11 books5 followersI live on a ridge in Southern Indiana with my wife and son. We enjoy hunting and fishing and spending time together doing different events around the area. It is a great place to live, and it's a great place to write!
I have always written stories. My earliest memories will be in 2nd and 3rd grade in elementary school, but in first grade I won our reading contest. I loved books and I loved to write.
In 4th and 5th grade, my teacher let me set up a table and sell my stories for 25 cents each (this would have been 1979-1980). Not only did I sell stories to the other kids who loved them, but some of my teachers would buy the stories as well...not to show support mind you, but they just enjoyed the stories.
In 5th or 6th grade I went to the young Author's convention, with a story Ray Sting and Everything. It was a story about a secret agent (think of James Bond meets Mission Impossible) on a mission in the jungles of South America. A teacher had it bound for me (not published) and I believe it was 12 pages long.
I continued to write through middle school, and on into my freshman year of high school. During study hall I wrote a 350-page novel down the lines of J.R.R. Tolkien. At the end of the school year, I didn't know what to do with this massive folder (it was all hand-written on 8 1/2 x 11 paper) so I threw it in the trash on my last day of study hall - yes, I do regret that decision to this day. I remember the name of the novel, As the Crow Flies, and the concept, and wish to also reboot it to a more modern time as a published book down the road.
In my junior year in high school, I wrote a one-page story about an Arabian fighting a desert tribe, it was a brief encounter. It was the closest thing to a perfect paper I had ever written, with only one slight mistake found by my English teacher. She was constantly wanting me to write short stories for magazines of that nature, but I never followed through on it.
Although I did well in college English, and was encouraged by my professors, I only wrote to write good papers for grades. "Real Life" was setting in and the need to begin focusing on a career took the time away, as well did marriage and a job that paid the bills. I did little if any writing, at least that I recall, after my junior year in high school. But the yearn to write was always there burning like a strong flame that I just did not, for whatever reason, follow through on.
Fast forward some 30 years...yes, that is right, some 30 years. My son was 5 and he was home schooled - he had a strong engineering mind and even at age 5 the children's books just didn't fit him. Let's just say, he was not a "see spot run" kid. He wanted tangible, real, no fantasy stories with action, learning, and logical endings. Try to find that kind of book for a 5-year-old. So, I opened the laptop and began penning a chapter a night of what was originally just The Marsh Chronicles. My son loved it. As soon as it was finished, I followed with The Sun Also Sets and then a while later, The Message.
At the completion of The Message, I looked back and thought I had a good book in what was now called The Marsh Adventures: Of Times and Places. I submitted it to a publisher, they loved it, and as they say, the rest was history. One thing in all those 30 years - I would write down story concepts as they came to me, unique ideas and story lines out of the ordinary - so it behooves me to say, I have a lot of writing to do, as I would like to bring all these stories over the past 30 years to life.
I am, just a writer on the ridge.
I have always written stories. My earliest memories will be in 2nd and 3rd grade in elementary school, but in first grade I won our reading contest. I loved books and I loved to write.
In 4th and 5th grade, my teacher let me set up a table and sell my stories for 25 cents each (this would have been 1979-1980). Not only did I sell stories to the other kids who loved them, but some of my teachers would buy the stories as well...not to show support mind you, but they just enjoyed the stories.
In 5th or 6th grade I went to the young Author's convention, with a story Ray Sting and Everything. It was a story about a secret agent (think of James Bond meets Mission Impossible) on a mission in the jungles of South America. A teacher had it bound for me (not published) and I believe it was 12 pages long.
I continued to write through middle school, and on into my freshman year of high school. During study hall I wrote a 350-page novel down the lines of J.R.R. Tolkien. At the end of the school year, I didn't know what to do with this massive folder (it was all hand-written on 8 1/2 x 11 paper) so I threw it in the trash on my last day of study hall - yes, I do regret that decision to this day. I remember the name of the novel, As the Crow Flies, and the concept, and wish to also reboot it to a more modern time as a published book down the road.
In my junior year in high school, I wrote a one-page story about an Arabian fighting a desert tribe, it was a brief encounter. It was the closest thing to a perfect paper I had ever written, with only one slight mistake found by my English teacher. She was constantly wanting me to write short stories for magazines of that nature, but I never followed through on it.
Although I did well in college English, and was encouraged by my professors, I only wrote to write good papers for grades. "Real Life" was setting in and the need to begin focusing on a career took the time away, as well did marriage and a job that paid the bills. I did little if any writing, at least that I recall, after my junior year in high school. But the yearn to write was always there burning like a strong flame that I just did not, for whatever reason, follow through on.
Fast forward some 30 years...yes, that is right, some 30 years. My son was 5 and he was home schooled - he had a strong engineering mind and even at age 5 the children's books just didn't fit him. Let's just say, he was not a "see spot run" kid. He wanted tangible, real, no fantasy stories with action, learning, and logical endings. Try to find that kind of book for a 5-year-old. So, I opened the laptop and began penning a chapter a night of what was originally just The Marsh Chronicles. My son loved it. As soon as it was finished, I followed with The Sun Also Sets and then a while later, The Message.
At the completion of The Message, I looked back and thought I had a good book in what was now called The Marsh Adventures: Of Times and Places. I submitted it to a publisher, they loved it, and as they say, the rest was history. One thing in all those 30 years - I would write down story concepts as they came to me, unique ideas and story lines out of the ordinary - so it behooves me to say, I have a lot of writing to do, as I would like to bring all these stories over the past 30 years to life.
I am, just a writer on the ridge.
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February 22, 2026
This is the most comprehensive David Crockett autobiography I have found on the market. I have a similar book that was supposed to be a Public Domain reprint, yet they had left out much of the political struggle and a whole chapter near the end. This book contains all this and more, with beautiful illustrations and commentary after each Chapter. David Crockett is one plain-spoken fellow, and this is one enjoyable book. Even I learned a thing or two, actually much more, than I ever knew about Crockett...and where he was born, I guess the song got that wrong! I love the Disney movies about David Crockett, and have watched them with my son, who loves them as well. They are completely inaccurate compared to the real-life David Crockett (but I'll still watch them!). But this book brings to life a man truly devoted to his country, his family, and my...did that guy love bear hunting!
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