Classics Illustrated #129 [O] - Davy Crockett

(November 1955)

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Davy Crockett (Table of Contents: 3)

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'Be always sure you're right, then go ahead' -- that was the motto he lived by.

Genre

non-fiction; biography; history; western-frontier

Characters

Davy Crockett; Polly Finley [Polly Crockett]; frontier folk; Colonel Coffee; Creek Indians; Cherokee Indians; Elizabeth Patton [Elizabeth Crockett] [Libbie Crockett]; Members of Congress; Andrew Jackson; James Bowie; [Jim Bowie]; William Travis; defenders of the Alamo

Synopsis

Davy Crockett grows up poor in Tennessee. He learns to hunt, and develops skills of living in the woods. He fights in the Creek War, goes to Congress, and fights Andrew Jackson over Cherokee removal. Eventually he makes his way to Texas and is killed in the defense of the Alamo.

Reprints

• in Illustrated Classics (Classics/Williams, 1956 series) #12 - Davy Crockett ([1956])
• in Illustrerade klassiker (Illustrerade klassiker, 1956 series) #12 [HBN 16] (1:a upplagan) - Davy Crockett ([1956])
• in Illustrerede Klassikere (I.K. [Illustrerede klassikere], 1956 series) #12 - Davy Crockett (1956)
which is reprinted
• in Stjerneklassiker (Williams, 1970 series) #30 - Davy Crockett (1971)
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (BSV - Williams, 1956 series) #12 - Davy Crockett (1957)
• in Illustrerte Klassikere [Classics Illustrated] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1957 series) #90 - Davy Crockett ([1960])
which is reprinted
• in Stjerneklassiker (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #30 - Davy Crockett ([1971])
• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #23 ([mars] 2010)

Keywords

Alamo; American Indian; Amerind; Cherokee; Congress; Creek War; election; hunting; Tennessee; Texas; Texas War of Independence

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The Story of Great Britain / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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King Alfred; Angles; Saxons; Jutes; Norsemen [Danes] [Vikings]; monk; Roman-British woman

Synopsis

Anglo-Saxons invade Britain, then settle down there. Over centuries they become the people of the land.

Keywords

Anglo-Saxons; Britain; Vikings

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of a 12 part series.

James Bowie (Table of Contents: 5)

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non-fiction; biography; western-frontier

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James Bowie [Jim Bowie]; Rezin Bowie; Janes Black; Urselita Veramendi

Synopsis

Jim Bowie and his brother develop a remarkable knife for use on the frontier. Jim Bowie moves to Texas and marries there, and is killed in the defense of the Alamo.

Reprints

• in Illustrated Classics (Classics/Williams, 1956 series) #12 - Davy Crockett ([1956])

Keywords

Alamo; Bowie knife; Texas

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