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David "Davy" Crockett was a true American folk hero. His story was first dramatized in the popular play,
The Lion of the West in 1831. Subsequently his legend grew and was told and retold by popular "historians" like John Wayne and Walt Disney. This is a more chronicled representation of Crockett in the days before his fate in 1836.
David Crockett was an American frontiersman, soldier and politician. During his lifetime he became famous for his larger-than-life exploits embellished by stage plays and penny novels. He grew up in East Tennessee and was elected to the US Congress in 1827. He vehemently opposed many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson, especially the Indian Removal Act, which led to his defeat in 1831. He was reelected in '33 but lost again in 1835 in a bitter election. In early 1836, he took part in the Texas Revolution and was likely executed at the Battle of the Alamo after being captured by the Mexican Army.