David Crockett by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
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Hunting Adventures.--The Voyage up the River.--Scenes in the Cabin.--Return Home.--Removal of the Family.--Crockett's Riches.--A Perilous Enterprise.--Reasons for his Celebrity.--Crockett's Narrative.--A Bear-Hunt.--Visit to Jackson.--Again a Candidate for the Legislature.--Electioneering and Election. . . . 212 CHAPTER IX. Adventures in the Forest, on the River, and in the City The Bear Hunter's Story.--Service in the Legislature.--Candidate for Congress.--Electioneering.--The New Speculation.--Disastrous Voyage.--Narrow Escape.--New Electioneering Exploits.--Odd Speeches.--The Visit to Crockett's Cabin.--His Political Views.--His Honesty.--Opposition to Jackson.--Scene at Raleigh.--Dines with the President.--Gross Caricature.--His Annoyance. . . . 240 CHAPTER X. Crockett's Tour to the North and the East. His Reelection to Congress.--The Northern Tour.--First Sight of a Railroad.--Reception in Philadelphia.--His First Speech.--Arrival in New York.--The Ovation there.--Visit to Boston.--Cambridge and Lowell.--Specimens of his Speeches.--Expansion of his Ideas.--Rapid Improvement. . . . 267 CHAPTER XI. |
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