In Footsteps of Davy Crockett (In the Footsteps) - Softcover

Jones, Randell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895873249 ISBN 13: 9780895873248

Publisher: John F Blair Pub, 2006

Synopsis

This book follows the travels of Davy Crockett (1786-1836) to 49 sites in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas. Jones traces Crockett's path over about 50 years from his birthplace in east Tennessee to San Antonio and the Alamo, where he died. Biographical descriptions and information, some b&w photos, and directions to the sites--monuments, statues, state parks, replica cabins, shrines, museums, historic buildings, and historical markers--are included. Jones is the author of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Arkansas and raised in Memphis, Randell Jones earned a degree in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jones lives in Winston-Salem, NC, where he writes occasional history-themed columns for the Winston-Salem Journal. He is also the author of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone.

About this edition

• Publisher: John F Blair Pub
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0895873249
• ISBN 13: 9780895873248
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254