Davy Crockett by William Henry Huddle, 1889

David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.[1]

Crockett was born in Limestone, Greene County, Tennessee, (at that time, part of North Carolina). He served in the militia of Lawrence County, Tennessee and was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. In 1827, he was elected to the U.S. Congress. Due to his opposition to the Indian Removal Act during the administration of President Andrew Jackson, he was defeated in the next election, but made a political comeback in 1833. He subsequently lost his 1835 re-election bid and angrily left Tennessee for Texas (then the Mexican state of Tejas). His wife and children remained behind in Tennessee.[2]

All that is certain about Crockett's death, is that he died at the Battle of the Alamo. A former American slave named Ben, who was a cook for one of Santa Anna's officers, maintained that Crockett's body was found in the barracks surrounded by "no less than sixteen Mexican corpses", with Crockett's knife buried in one of them.[3] Stories that Crockett was among a group who surrendered, and were subsequently executed, began circulating immediately after the tragedy.[4] His life and legacy has been written about extensively, beginning in 1834 with a biography reputed to have been written by Crockett himself, but in reality was at least partly ghost written by Thomas Chilton.[5]

Bibliography

Davy Crockett bibliography
Author Title Publisher Pub Date Notes Refs
John Stevens Cabot Abbott David Crockett: his life and adventures Dodd, Mead and Company 1874 OCLC 646860448 [6]
John Stevens Cabot Abbott The Terror of the Indians; or, the Adventures of D. Crockett with Illustrations Ward Lock & Co 1879 OCLC 792749679 [7]
John Stevens Cabot Abbott David Crockett Dodd, Mead and Co 1898 OCLC 2991094 [8]
Charles Fletcher Allen David Crockett, Scout: Small Boy, Pilgrim, Mountaineer, Soldier, Bear-Hunter and Congressman, Defender of the Alamo J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1911 [9]
Elaine M. Alphin Davy Crockett Lerner Publishing Group 2003 Illustrated by Tim Parlin
OCLC 48871534
ISBN 978-0-8225-1564-7 		[10]
John Joseph Arpad David Crockett, An Original Eccentricity and Early American Character Duke University 1969 Ph.D. dissertation
OCLC 21010592 		[11]
Frank Lee Beals Davy Crockett Chicago Wheeler 1960 [12]
Frank Lee Beals Real Adventure with American Pathfinders : Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Davy Crockett H. Wagner Publishing 1954 Edited by Lowell C Ballard
OCLC 9046227 		[13]
Walter Blair Davy Crockett, Legendary Frontier Hero: His True Life Story and the Fabulous Tall Tales Told About Him Lincoln-Herndon Press 1986 [14]
James R. BoylstonAllen J. Wiener David Crockett in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Poor Man's Friend Bright Sky Press 2009 [15]
James Wakefield Burke David Crockett, The Man Behind the Myth Eakins Press 1984 OCLC 10208220
ISBN 978-0-89015-437-3 		[16]
Anna Grace Catron The Public Career of David Crockett University of Tennessee 1955 OCLC 9526282
Master's thesis 		[17]
Elizabeth Coatsworth Old Whirlwind; a Story of Davy Crockett Macmillan 1953 Pictures by Manning de V. Lee
also published in Swedish 		[18]
Manley F. Cobia Journey Into the Land of Trials : The Story of Davy Crockett's Expedition to the Alamo Hillsboro Press 2003 OCLC 52223857
ISBN 978-1-57736-268-5 		[19]
Jane Corby The Story of David Crockett Barse & Hopkins 1922 OCLC 3131543 [20]
James E. Crisp Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution Oxford University Press 2005 OCLC 54960634
ISBN 978-0-19-516350-6 		[21]
Davy Crockett A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee E.L. Carey and A. Hart 1834 OCLC 1698539
Co-authored (or ghost written) by Thomas Chilton 		[22][23]
Davy Crockett Sketches and eccentricities of Col. David Crockett of West Tennessee J & J Harper/O. Rich 1833 OCLC 16823280
Credited to Crockett, but actually written by Mathew St. Clair Clarke 		[24]
Davy Crockett "Go ahead!" : Davy Crockett's Almanack of Wild Sports of the West and Life in the Backwoods : Calculated for All the States in the Union : 1835[25] Snag & Sawyer 1834 Crockett's almanac has been published multiple times under varied titles [26]
Davy Crockett Davy Crockett and His Adventures in Texas Told Mostly by Himself Charles Scribner's Sons 1934 OCLC 98903811 [27]
Davy Crockett An Autobiography of Davy Crockett Skyhorse Publishing 2011 OCLC 1051846
ISBN 978-1-61608-400-4

edited by Steve Brennan

[28]
William C. Davis Three Roads to the Alamo : The Lives and Fortunes of Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis HarperCollins 2009 OCLC 809723407
ISBN 978-0-06-017334-0 		[29]
William C. Davis Lone Star Rising-The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas Republic Free Press 2004 OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6 		[30]
Hazel H. Davis Davy Crockett Random House 1955 [31]
Mark Derr The Frontiersman : The Real Life and the Many Legends of Davy Crockett William Morrow and Company 1993 OCLC 27034755
ISBN 978-0-688-13798-4 		[32]
Edward S. Ellis The Texan Trailer, or, Davy Crockett's Last bear Hunt Beadle and Co 1871 OCLC 23100866 [33]
Edward S. Ellis The Life of Davy Crockett Mantle Ministries 2000 OCLC 48369449 [34]
Stanley J. Folmsbee The Early Career of David Crockett East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 1956 Anna Grace Catron co-writer
OCLC 310377152 		[35]
Stanley J. Folmsbee David Crockett: Congressman East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 1957 Anna Grace Catron co-writer
Stanley J. Folmsbee David Crockett in Texas East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 1958
Stanley J. Folmsbee David Crocket and His Autobiography East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 1971 [36]
Stanley J. Folmsbee David Crockett and West Tennessee East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 1974
Janie Preston Collup French Davy Crockett and the Crockett Family Chattanooga: Lookout Pub. Co 1951 Zella Armstrong co-writer
OCLC 2721129 		[37]
Bill Groneman Death of a Legend: The Myth and Mystery Surrounding the Death of Davy Crockett Republic of Texas Press 1999 OCLC 45733790
ISBN 978-1-55622-688-5 		[38]
Bill Groneman David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man Forge Books 2007 OCLC 58919622
ISBN 978-0-7653-1067-5 		[39]
Herbert L. Harper Houston and Crockett: Heroes of Tennessee and Texas: An Anthology. Nashville: Tennessee Historical Commission 1986 [40]
M. J. Heale The Role of the Frontier in Jacksonian Politics: David Crockett and the Myth of the Self-Made Man Western Historical Quarterly 1973 [41]
Daniel G. Hoffman Deaths and Three Resurrections of Davy Crockett Antioch Review 1951 [42]
Albert Ross Hogue Davy Crockett and Others in Fentress County Who Have Given the County a Prominent Place in History 1955 OCLC 6657672 [43]
Marianne Johnston Davy Crockett PowerKids Press 2001 OCLC 45163793OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-8239-5581-7 		[44]
Randell Jones In the Footsteps of Davy Crockett John F. Blair 2006 OCLC 63122721OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-89587-324-8 		[45]
Dan Kilgore How Did Davy Die? And Why Do We Care So Much? Texas A&M University Press 2010 OCLC 0622482OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-1-60344-194-0 		[46]
Buddy Levy The Real Life Adventures of David Crockett Putnam Press 2005 OCLC 61254063OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 0-399-15278-4 		[47]
Michael Lofaro Davy Crockett: The Man, the Legend, the Legacy, 1786–1986 University of Tennessee Press 1985 OCLC 11442284OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-87049-459-8 		[48]
Michael Lofaro Crockett at Two Hundred: New Perspectives on the Man and the Myth. University of Tennessee Press 1989 OCLC 18560446OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-87049-592-2 		[49]
C. Grant Loomis Davy Crockett Visits Boston New England Quarterly 1947 [50]
David Joseph Marcou Remembering Davy Crockett La Crosse, WI: DigiCOPY 2012–2014 Stage play nominated for a Pulitzer Prize [51][52]
Michael J. Mendenhall Davy Crockett and the Unconstitutional Welfare State The Institute for Constitutional Research 1990 OCLC 26022972OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-9625954-1-7 		[53]
Guy S. Miles David Crockett Evolves, 1821–1824 American Quarterly 1956 [54]
Marion Michael Null The Forgotten Pioneer: The Life of Davy Crockett Vantage Press 1954 OCLC 2086951 [55]
Constance Rourke Davy Crockett University of Nebraska Press 1998 OCLC 247667981OCLC 53091400
ISBN 0-684-86510-6ISBN 978-0-8032-8967-3 		[56]
C. Richard Schaare, The Life of Davy Crockett in Picture and Story Cupples & Leon Company 1935 OCLC 7126595 [57]
James Atkins Shackford The Autobiography of David Crockett : An Annotated Edition with Portraits, Maps, and Appendices Vanderbilt University 1948 OCLC 10614555 [58]
James Atkins Shackford David Crockett: The Man and the Legend University of North Carolina Press 1994 OCLC 1669759 [59]
James Atkins Shackford David Crockett and North Carolina North Carolina Historical Review 1951 [60]
Jonathan Kennon Smith The Land Holdings of Colonel David Crockett in West Tennessee J.K.T. Smith 2003 OCLC 54022513 [61]
Richard Penn Smith On to the Alamo: Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas[62] U.P. Kaes 1839 Reprinted in 2003 Penguin Books [63]
John W. Thomason Davy Crockett and His Adventures in Texas Scribner 1934 OCLC 6106910 [64]
William C. Sprague Davy Crockett Macmillan 1915 OCLC 5208618 [65]
Stuart A. Stiffler Davy Crockett: The Genesis of Heroic Myth Tennessee Historical Quarterly 1954 OCLC 730049269 [66]
Vincent F. Taylor David Crockett, the Bravest of Them All, Who Died in the Alamo Naylor Co 1955 OCLC 3424902 [67]
Robert M. Torrence
Robert L. Whittenburg 		Colonel Davy Crockettt H. Fagan 1956 OCLC 13679847 [68]
Sanford Tousey Davy Crockett, Hero of the Alamo A. Whitman 1898 OCLC 1888480 [69]
Michael Wallis David Crockett: the Lion of the West W. W. Norton & Company 2011 OCLC 601108943
ISBN 978-0-393-06758-3 		[70]

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