Aug 17, 2021
On this episode of The Resistance Library Podcast, Sam and Dave
discuss Davy Crocket and the forgotten history of the King of the
Wild Frontier and the Battle of Alamo. David Hawkins Stern
Crockett, fondly remembered as Davy Crockett, was born in eastern
Tennessee to pioneer parents on August 17, 1786. Like many settlers
of the time, the Crockett family continually pushed West, blazing
into new territory
(a
trend Davy would continue to do with his own family) and by the
time Davy was 12, the family had moved three times and was living
in western Tennessee.
Known as an honest and hardworking boy with a good sense of humor,
Davy learned to shoot with his father around age eight and enjoyed
joining his older brother on hunting trips.
The boy who would become known as
“King
of the Wild Frontier” ran away from home at the age of 13, after
getting in a fight at school almost immediately after he was
enrolled. Not wanting to face the wrath of his father, or
retaliation from the class bully he fought, Davy went on his own,
taking up odd jobs including working as a farmer, cattle-driver,
and hatter.
At 15, Davy returned home and indentured himself, more than once,
to pay off his father’s debts. Unbeknownst to the country boy,
young Davy’s humble beginnings were leading him down roads that
would twist through politics, battlefields, and America’s heart –
turning him into a folk hero of mythical proportions.
Helpful Links:
