David Crockett

Synopsis

One of the most famous historical figures in American history, David Crockett has been subject to much debate and mythologizing. In this revisionist biography, Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the flesh-and-blood man behind these wild stories, including never-before-published material relating to his death at the Alamo. In Wallis's hands, Crockett is no longer the perennial American enigma or Disney icon but a genuine hero who survived forty-nine years of combat with man and beast, and whose populist wisdom and humor ultimately influenced not only Abraham Lincoln but Mark Twain and Will Rogers Book jacket.