David Crockett

York Times bestseller list. Wallis has investigated not only Crockett's life itself, but also how Crockett's fame - as a frontiersman, martyr of the Alamo, folk hero, and US Congressman - exploded after his death and into the present day. Wallis's book has set the record straight on Crockett's often misrepresented life, death, and legacy. As an experienced biographer of other, equally mythic American characters, such as 'Pretty Boy' Floyd and Billy the Kid, Wallis has once again led his readers through the hallowed footsteps of a man whose true story is often more interesting than the tall tales surrounding him. Through a style as entertaining as the subject, Wallis stunningly recreates Crockett's complete life, from his childhood and adolescent adventures on the wild Tennessee frontier to his unconventional political career and much mythologized death at the Alamo. An early American enigma, and a man equally at home in the wilderness as in the parlor room, Crockett has often been misrepresented in history and popular culture. Wallis's book has set the record straight and become the definitive biography of an American hero.