英语词汇davy crockett的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Davy Crockett. David (Davy) Crockett, as the song goes, was “a son of the wild frontier” from his earliest years. Born in 1786 in Limestone, Tennessee, Davy was hired out to a passing cattle driver by his Irish immigrant father when only 12; he wandered the frontier until he turned 15, before finally returning home. He became a colonel in the Tennessee militia under Andrew Jackson during the Creek War, and after serving as a justice of the peace and state legislator, acted on a humorous suggestion that he run for Congress in 1827. Much to his surprise, he won the election. Crockett served two terms in Congress, and was noted in Washington for his backwoods dress and shrewd native humor, though many of the comments often attributed to him are largely apocryphal. His motto was “Be sure you are right, then go ahead.” When defeated for reelection in 1835— mainly because he opposed Jacksonian banking and Indian policies—he moved to Texas, where he joined the Texas war for independence from Mexico. On March 6, 1836, Colonel Crock- ett was killed with the defenders of the Alamo. The folk hero’s famous autobiography, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee (1834), was probably dictated, but is written in his robust style, complete with many examples of the tall tale.

词汇	davy crockett
词源	Davy Crockett. David (Davy) Crockett, as the song goes, was “a son of the wild frontier” from his earliest years. Born in 1786 in Limestone, Tennessee, Davy was hired out to a passing cattle driver by his Irish immigrant father when only 12; he wandered the frontier until he turned 15, before finally returning home. He became a colonel in the Tennessee militia under Andrew Jackson during the Creek War, and after serving as a justice of the peace and state legislator, acted on a humorous suggestion that he run for Congress in 1827. Much to his surprise, he won the election. Crockett served two terms in Congress, and was noted in Washington for his backwoods dress and shrewd native humor, though many of the comments often attributed to him are largely apocryphal. His motto was “Be sure you are right, then go ahead.” When defeated for reelection in 1835— mainly because he opposed Jacksonian banking and Indian policies—he moved to Texas, where he joined the Texas war for independence from Mexico. On March 6, 1836, Colonel Crock- ett was killed with the defenders of the Alamo. The folk hero’s famous autobiography, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee (1834), was probably dictated, but is written in his robust style, complete with many examples of the tall tale.
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