1835 – Col. Davy Crockett Political Tour | First Edition | Congress Election Campaign

Davy Crockett is often regarded as the most famous American folk hero of the 19th-century. Best remembered for his involvement in the Battle of the Alamo, Crockett was also an accomplished politician. Beginning in 1834, Crockett took a political tour of the American North, visiting major cities of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, in hopes of gaining support for re-election to Congress. The work contains

“Crockett’s own records and observations of his trip, most of it was political, boosting his re-election campaign as well as the Whig cause in General. [The author] included no less than ten repetitions of Crockett’s anti-Andrew Jackson speech in various forms as delivered on the tour.” (Groneman, p.)

Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Account of Col. Crockett’s Tour to the North and Down East
• Author(s): Davy Crockett
• Publisher: Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart; Baltimore: Carey, Hart, and Co.
• Edition: First edition, 1835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Size:  7.25 in x 4.5 in (18.5 cm x 11.5 cm)
• Collation: 234, 34 pp
• Illustrations: lacking frontispiece
• Contents Include:
  • Transcribed speeches given from across Northern cities
  • Political campaign text against Andrew Jackson
  • Personal impressions from travel
• Reference(s): Howes C 896; Sabin 17565; Gale, p.108; Groneman

Condition:

Very Good. Original binding remains firm with minor wear to boards and extremities. Pages clean with moderate age toning. Lacks the frontispiece. Text block secure.

Why Collect This?

• First edition issued during Crockett’s lifetime
• Includes repeated political speeches not published elsewhere

Item Number: # 29843