Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman

by Aileen Wells Parks

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionaized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept right into history.

Genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction, Childrens, Biography Memoir, Westerns, School

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

Reviews

[sincerely · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating by 9 year old

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rose and I enjoyed reading this together.

[Aimee Fuhrman · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son read this one aloud to me for homeschooling. This whole series never disappoints. As always, a good portion of the book is spent describing Davy Crockett's growing up years, showing how his skills and personality all evolved to make him the famous explorer, hunter, and later statesman that he was.

[Josiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book!! One of the best Childhood of Famous Americans so far!

[Serena · Rating 5 out of 5]

We loved it! My two boys thoroughly enjoyed it

[GheenGirls · Rating 5 out of 5]

Turtle: great! Return to library.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the first books I read as a child was Davy Crockett. I thought it would be fun to read about him again. Loved the book!

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short, easy to read biography of Davy Crockett's childhood and adolescence, with a final summary chapter of his adult achievements.

[Karleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has many living elements as it describes life during the "wild frontier" (a favorite time period around here). Fun to share a childhood favorite with my son. He's been shooting his Red Rider all week.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Logan read this out loud to me for reading practice. It is funny how differently things hit as an adult. I was nearly undone by reading how Davy was kept from returning home to his parents for months at a time and they had no idea where he was or how he was doing. This, of course, did not bother Logan in the least!

[Alysia · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love the whole childhood of famous Americans series. The books are wonderful for reading aloud or can be read by young independent readers as well. They really focus on the character and family life of the people, and how their early experiences and decisions formed them into the great men and women they became. We have used these as inspiration for many of our homeschool activities and clubs, and we love to go back and read them over and over!

[Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

There was this boy that wanted to grow up to be a hunter. But his dad wouldn't let him hold a gun until he was 9 years old, so he had to wait a long time. But that was only until he could shoot it. He had to wait 3 more years to be a real hunter, to go outside and hunt. At the end he fought a battle and then he died in the battle.

[George King · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read all of these biographies in the 50's when I was 9-11 years old. At the time the series was in orange hardbacks. They were all interesting and informative. Apparently, they're still in existence in red, white, and blue paperbacks, and some contemporary figure have been added.

[Suzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this with my youngest for a school project. It was perfect for him, easy to read and understand. Had enough adventure tied in with his daily life that we wanted to read more about Davy Crockett.

[Westxboy · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is great, and it inspired me to read on. the pictures are ok, and the book is basically the step-by-step type.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book in this series! Davy really made an impact in the boys wanting to be boys! lol

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this to my son. He liked it very much. A nice way to learn a little history.

[Jill · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this to my children and they liked it more than me. I think this book skipped around too much. For example, he was seven when we started reading and then all of a sudden he was eleven.

[Caleb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it. He worked a lot and when he went away, he went back to his Dad's tavern and they didn't recognize him until his sister finally recognized him.

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite series of books in grade school. Just finished reading it and liked it just as much this time as I did then.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good bio of this interesting historical person. Recommended for young preteen readers

[DJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the cover I remember:

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[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before I read this for school. I thought Davy Crockett was a fictional character in all honesty...