CROCKETT (David).
An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East ...
A very good copy of this account of Crockett’s travels from Washington to Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Boston, Lowell and back. While the title-page states it was written by Crockett, Howes credits authorship to Crockett’s friend, Augustin Clayton.
Howes, C896; Sabin, 17565.
Swann:
Although billed as “written by himself,” the text is usually attributed to Augustin S. Clayton or William Clark as ghostwriter. Rather enjoyable reading, especially for his account of New York; one auction description points out this was probably the first tourist description of the infamous Five Points neighborhood in New York, about which Crockett proclaimed “I would rather risque myself in an Indian fight than venture among these creatures after night.”
