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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aPratt, Theodore,
_d1901-1969
245 1 0 _aShades of Davy Crockett
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Fantastic Universe, February 1956 (Vol. 5, No. 1.).
500 _aRelease date is 2026-01-09
508 _aTom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _aShades of Davy Crockett by Theodore Pratt is a fantasy short story written in the mid-20th century. It explores the cultural afterlife of a folk hero during a nationwide craze, touching on mythmaking, commercialization, and the power of youthful imagination. In the story, Davy Crockett appears in a modern city, puzzled and pained by how his image is being sold and exaggerated. A policeman, a store clerk, a manufacturer, and a Tennessee congressman each dismiss or exploit him, treating him as a stunt or a brand rather than a person. Seeking answers, he walks to the Alamo, where he meets a boy in a costume who refuses to believe he is real and plays at shooting him. In that moment, he realizes the truest homage lies not in profits or tall tales, but in the bright, innocent play of children who keep his spirit alive; as the boy “defeats” him, he slips away, content with the legacy of imagination. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955
653 _aShort stories
653 _aFantasy fiction
653 _aCrockett, Davy, 1786-1836 -- Fiction
700 1 _aFreas, Kelly,
_d1922-2005
830 0 _aProduced from Fantastic Universe, February 1956 (Vol. 5, No. 1.).
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Universe_v05n01_1956-02/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77662
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