Wave High the Banner: A Novel Based on the Life of Davy
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Dee, PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press, Reissued for ong>theong> first time since its original publication in , ong>Waveong> ong>Highong> ong>theong> ong>Bannerong> is ong>theong> little-known first ong>novelong> by Dee Brown, one of ong>theong> most prolific, influential, and popular writers on ong>theong> American frontier experience. Brown skillfully weaves fact and fiction to recount Crockett's earliest apprenticeships and first loves, his marriage to his childhood sweeong>theong>art, his numerous moves ever deeper into ong>theong> wilderness, his turbulent years as a frontier politician in Tennessee, and his part in ong>theong> doomed and bloody defense of ong>theong> Alamo in Texas. Brown re-creates a complex and richly textured Crockett who was a soldier, lover, husband, faong>theong>r, widower, Indian fighter, hunter, humorist, local politician, and champion of ong>theong> common people, both white and Indian.