Who was the Mark Twain before Mark Twain? This comment refers to David Crockett of the back woods elected to Congress. Crockett was the first of the intelligent, not well educated, men who knew how to tell a story and keep a crowd entertained, and later entertained all Washingtion. Crockett was the first back woods man to Congress when the East Coast controlled Congress in their well suited, fine ways, not to say they weren't ruthless...but they were gentlemenly about it. Today Ruth reads from David Crockett's book about his life (Chapt. 1).
