Davy Crockett (Robbie Readers) (What's So Great About...?)

Who was Davy Crockett? Was he a legendary frontiersman, who could "lick his weight in wildcats," perform other amazing feats, and only died at the Alamo after killing countless enemy soldiers? Did he always wear a coonskin cap and buckskins? Or was he just an ordinary man, a hunter, politician, and frontiersman, who usually dressed in everyday clothes and died like any other ordinary man at the Alamo? Find out in this book, which seeks to separate fact from fiction while exploring the life and death of one of the most colorful characters in American history – Davy Crockett.