David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man (American Heroes)

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Perhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David (“Davy”) Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 ensured his place in the Valhalla of American heroes.
Crockett himself used to be liable for much of the folklore about his life. A gregarious, fun-loving man, he used to be more than capable of spinning tall tales over a “horn” of liquor. The truth of his life, as William Groneman emphasizes in this book, used to be far more fascinating than the myth. David Crockett used to be a true self-made man who left home at the age of twelve. His adventures–hunting and exploring, serving as a soldier under Andrew Jackson in the Creek Indian War of 1813, a political career that took him to the USA Congress, an incessant seek for “elbow room” that drew him to Texas-these were the actual fabric of a heroic life.
In writing of the “historical Crockett,” Groneman, a world authority on the Alamo and its defenders, dispels the myths to uncover the genuine hero. He writes at length of the defense of the Alamo, describes how Crockett’s reputation and heroism have been tainted by revisionist historians, and presents new evidence that the Tennessean in reality left the Alamo right through the siege to usher in reinforcements. Even if safely outdoor the walls, he fought his way back in to rejoin his friends for the final, fatal, battle.

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