Table of Contents
Personal Introduction xi
Preface xvii
Part I
1 "Kilt Him a B'ar" 5
2 Born on a Riverbank in Franklin 10
3 The Crocketts Arrive 16
4 Over the Mountain 22
5 On the Nolichucky 29
6 A Boy's Learning 38
7 Coming of Age 45
8 The Odyssey 51
9 Rise Above 59
10 Lovesick 65
11 Polly 71
12 Finley'sGap 78
Part II
13 Kentuck 89
14 "Remember Fort Mims" 98
15 "We Shot Them Like Dogs" 105
16 Riding with Sharp Knife 114
17 "Root Hog or Die" 119
18 Cabin Fever 129
19 A Tincture of Luck 136
Part III
20 "Itchy Footed" 145
21 "Natural Born Sense" 151
22 Gentleman from the Cane 157
23 Land of the Shakes 165
24 In the Eye of a "Harricane" 173
25 A Fool for Luck 182
26 Big Time 191
27 "The Victory Is Ours" 197
Part IV
28 Man without a Party 209
29 Trails of Tears 217
30 Lion of the West 227
31 Bear-Bit Lion 236
32 Go Ahead 244
33 Just a Matter of Time 253
34 Gone to Texas 277
35 Time of the Comet 289
36 El Alamo 307
Acknowledgments Notes 313
Bibliography 351
Index 365