How Did Davy Die? and Why Do We Care So Much?: Commemorative Edition

by Dan Kilgore and James E. Crisp

Book Overview

Just over thirty years ago, Dan Kilgore ignited a controversy with his presidential address to the Texas State Historical Association and its subsequent publication in book form, How Did Davy Die?
After the 1975 release of the first-ever English translation of eyewitness accounts by Mexican army officer Jos Enrique de la Pe a, Kilgore had the audacity to state publicly that historical sources suggested Davy Crockett did not die on the ramparts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603441948
• ISBN13: 9781603441940
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.7"