" Wallis claimed to write this as an exposure of the real Davy Crockett, bursting through the folklore to discover the fallible human. A lot of biographers make such claims because they need new approaches to historical subjects to market to publishers. I liked this biography, but not because of any assault on Crockett's legacy. It turns out that Davy Crockett was larger than life. No, he didn't kill a bear when he was three, and no he didn't live under a coonskin cap, nobody really knows for sure how he died at the Alamo, and he had human fallibilities. That doesn't matter, though, because people know the difference between the Disney hero and any real person. Davy Crockett was a real person, and led a life that fit his time but was exciting enough to make him famous within it and beyond. Wallis covered Crockett's entire life in a nice little book that is a quick read. It's not particularly insightful, and borrows heavily from other Crockett biographies, including his autobiography. If you have an interest in Crockett or the early 19th century American frontier, Wallis's work is a worthwhile breeze. "
— Donnie, 1/21/2014