Bibliography of works on Davy Crockett

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).

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).

[3] Stories that Crockett was among a group who surrendered, and were subsequently executed, began circulating immediately after the tragedy.