Echoes from the Backwoods, or Sketches of Transatlantic Life (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Echoes From the Backwoods, or Sketches of Transatlantic LifeGeneral Jackson, then President of the United States, and amongst other good things with which he was regaled on that occasion was champagne, to which Crockett was a stranger. He was told that it was northern cider. Davy imbibed it freely. On calling for a fresh sup ply, he was presented with a plate of olives, a handful of which, supposing them to be pickles, he grasped, and commenced munching, dis gusted with the ¿avour, he began spluttering and spitting them forth, jumped upon his feet, and shouted high over all the din to General Jackson at the other end of the table.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.