Davy Crockett Summary

Davy Crockett Walt Disney's 1950s television adaptation of the Davy Crockett legend catapulted the coonskin-capped frontiersman into a national role model who has had an enduring appeal for bot... Read more

David Crockett (1786-1836), American frontiersman and politician, became during his own lifetime a celebrity and folk hero, particularly to Americans living in the newly settled midwestern regions of ... Read more

In 1833, the Honorable David Crockett, colonel of militia, bear-hunting backwoodsman, and member of the U.S. Congress, attended a performance of James Kirke Paulding's The Lion of the West. The popula... Read more

Perhaps no American traveler of the first half of the nineteenth century was better known to American audiences than David Crockett. Like Daniel Boone before him, "Davy" Crockett stood tall in the nat... Read more