[Crockett, Davy] The First American Comic Book: Group of 2 Items Related to Davy Crockett, Including Likely the First Mention of Him in an American Magazine

Galaxy of Comicalities
Philadelphia: Printed by Lesher & Shelly, Wednesday, November 27, 1833. Vol. 1, No. 9. 8vo. pp. (65)-72. Disbound; spine repaired; scattered soiling.

Likely the first mention of Davy Crockett in an American magazine, featuring a review of, and an excerpt from, Sketches and eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of the West Tennessee--an unauthorized biography of Crockett, whose authorship has not been definitively determined, and from which some of the frontiersman's lasting legends originated.

The Galaxy of Comicalities was published in Philadelphia from 1833-34. Each issue profusely illustrated with woodcuts, it is considered to be the first American comic book.

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The Albany Journal
New York: Hoffman & White, Friday, May 2, 1834. Volume IV, Number 428. Printed newspaper. Folio. 4 pp. Edited by Thurlow Weed. Creasing from old folds, some separations and open tears along same; scattered foxing.. Old ownership signature in right margin of front-page.

Printed on the second page is an excerpt from a speech given by Crockett at the Philadelphia Exchange, on May 1, 1834, criticizing President Andrew Jackson and his administration: "seven months ago this was the most flourishing country in the world. Look at it now; and what do you see? You behold your commerce suspended; your laborers wandering about for employment; your mechanics starving; and above all, you see the best currency in the world deranged!...what is all this for? To gratify the will of a superannuated old man!! A man whose popularity, like the lightning of heaven, blasts and withers all that comes within its influence. His leading object, in all the mischief he has done, has been to destroy the best monied institution on earth..."

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Crockett, Davy] The First American Comic Book: Group of 2 Items Related to Davy Crockett, Including Likely the First Mention of Him in an American Magazine

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Crockett, Davy] The First American Comic Book: Group of 2 Items Related to Davy Crockett, Including Likely the First Mention of Him in an American Magazine

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