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 ho...

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Other Authors: Lofaro, Michael A. 1948- (Editor), Flint, Timothy, Black Hawk Sauk chief 1767-1838
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville University of Tennessee Press [2019]
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Summary:"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 formative these works were in creating the image of the frontier hero. Lofaro contends that, taken together, these works reinforced ideas about white masculinity, burgeoning capitalism, and American exceptionalism and nationalism in Jacksonian America"--
Physical Description:cv, 478 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781621904861

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