The Crockett almanac 1839
Subtitle: Containing adventures, exploits, sprees & scrapes in the West, & life and manners in the backwoods
Contributors: Croome, William, 1790-1860, illustrator; Manning, John H., approximately 1820- illustrator
Publisher: Published by Ben Harding. See page. 2
Published: 1838
Place of publication: Nashville. Tennessee
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
Notes: At head of title: Vol. 2. "Go Ahead!!" No. 1.

"Ben Harding" is a fictitious character who appears in the almanac. The character is based on Ben Hardin (1784-1852), a Whig Congressman from Kentucky.

Title-page illustration and illustration on p. 16 signed: Croome del. Hartwell sc. Illustrations on p. 21 and 24 signed: Manning, sc.

Signatures: [A]⁴ [B]⁶ [C-D]⁴.

Checklist of American imprints, 49951

Drake, M. Almanacs, 13414

Allen, R.R. Tennessee, 1462
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: by Ben Harding; title: Col. Crockett's adventure with a grizzly bear; title: Whipping a catamount; title: Ride on the back of a buffalo; title: Fight with two catamounts; title: Col. Crockett and the squatter; title: Col. Crockett in the parlor; title: A bundling match; title: A wolfish affair; title: A scentoriferous fight with a nigger; title: Davy Crockett's dream; title: Buying a horse; title: Adventure with a tar; title: Ben Harding and the pirates; title: Col. Crockett and the elk; title: Col. Crockett's account of a duel; title: Colonel Crockett and the mud turtles; title: Colonel Crockett and the methodizer.