The Davy Crockett miniseries starring Fess Parker became an overnight hit. Young boys were thrilled by gunfights with Indians, river pirates, bears, and heroics at the Alamo. They wore imitative ...

A new book by a David Crockett biographer challenges the mythology of the Alamo’s most famous defender and nearly every “Davy” trope, from fantastic tales circulated in Crockett’s ...