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The Crockett Almanac
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Almanacs were a staple of American life in the nineteenth century when The Crockett Almanac, sometimes entitled Davy Crockett’s Almanack, was published. Nineteenth-century almanacs contained calendars, moon phases, sunrise and sunset times, important dates, home remedies, and, most famously, weather prognostications. They also included jokes, light verse, and stories. Along with Benjamin Franklin’s ...
Title: The Crockett Almanac
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Almanacs were a staple of American life in the nineteenth century when The Crockett Almanac, sometimes entitled Davy Crockett’s Almanack, was published.
Nineteenth-century almanacs contained calendars, moon phases, sunrise and sunset times, important dates, home remedies, and, most famously, weather prognostications.
They also included jokes, light verse, and stories.
Along with Benjamin Franklin’s .
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