Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-09-21
THg RAF TsMAN's JouRnAl.
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The LIFE OF Col. DAVID CRocKET, ,rritten
by yhimseif.-Comprising his early life, Hunt
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Indian Warfare, Services under General jack
son in the Creek war. Electioneering Speech
es, Career in Congress- Triumphal Tour in the
Northern States, and Struggles in the Texan
War of Independence, together with an Ac-
count of his Glorious Death at the Alamo. In
one l2tno.vol. Handsomely bound. Price 81.
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character. His autobiography has been long
out of print; bis reputation for eccentricity
has been presumed upon IN the publication of
all sorts of outrageous nonsense, in coarse al
manacs, and other vehicles for low humor.
This volume is a republication of the genuine
work, with necessary additions; and will be
to the present generation OF readers. 1t
is as marked and characteristic as the subject
was; his portrait faithfully drawn, and none
the less so that it is without an effort, and per-
fectly naive and sincere. We well remember
the amiable original in his northern tour, and
recall many of the incidents to which his
book alludes. We have never looked upon
his like since; and rejoice in this republica-
tion as an act of justice; to retrieve an hon
est man from vulgar misrepresentation
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Uncle George, is character reminding us of
the Brothers Cheerybe, and although he tea
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discipline, it brings out the true beauty of
character, and shows how few there are who
go through the trials of eryday life,
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