Colonel Crockett, the Texan trailer

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Colonel Crockett, the Texan trailer

by Edward Sylvester Ellis

EN·~2 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total

COLONEL CROCKETT, THE TEXAN TRAILER.

0:17

CHAPTER I. COLONEL CROCKETT ON A BEAR-HUNT.

8:22

CHAPTER II. IN CLOSE QUARTERS.

10:01

CHAPTER III. THE ALARM!

8:12

CHAPTER IV. THE FLIGHT.

7:19

CHAPTER V. A SLIP OF THE MEMORY.

11:00

CHAPTER VI. ALL WRONG.

10:22

CHAPTER VII. JOURNEYING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

8:56

CHAPTER VIII. HEMMED IN.

9:57

CHAPTER IX. A GLEAM OF HOPE.

9:37

Description

The story opens deep in the tangled woods of early Texas, where the larger‑than‑life Colonel Crockett barrels through the underbrush on the trail of a monstrous black bear. His brisk pace is interrupted by a rotund Dutch frontiersman sharing a meager meal, and their rapid‑fire exchange spirals into a riotous wordplay about bears, eagles and flying beasts. The humor is as thick as the forest, yet it also reveals Crockett’s relentless drive to bag the biggest game the frontier can offer.

Beyond the chuckles, the colonel is a displaced Tennessee congressman who has traded politics for pistols, joining the Texan struggle for independence. As he teams up with a rough‑shod hunting party, the narrative hints at the looming pressure of the Alamo’s fateful stand, while the chase itself promises encounters with the wild’s most fearsome inhabitants. Listeners are drawn into a blend of frontier grit, witty dialogue, and the restless spirit of a man chasing legend.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (151K characters)

Series

Beadle's pocket novels No. 99

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Beadle and Adams, 1872,copyright 1884.

Credits

David Edwards, James Allan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)

Release date

2022-09-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Edward Sylvester Ellis

Edward Sylvester Ellis

1840–1916

Best known for fast-moving frontier adventures, this prolific 19th-century writer also built a career in education and journalism. His stories helped shape the early American dime novel and introduced generations of young readers to action, history, and invention.

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