"By the time he reached the Alamo in February 1836, he was an internationally recognized American hero, and his death at the Battle of the Alamo, at the hands of Antonio López de Santa Anna, was reported worldwide, transforming him finally into the celebrity martyr of the Alamo. Crockett remained a popular figure throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, as early films featured him as a heroic figure of the West."
"His popularity had a resurgence in the 1950s, which could be called 'Crockett mania' when Disney Studios released the Davy Crockett miniseries (1954-1955) starring Fess Parker as Crockett. Boys and girls both dressed like Crockett, bought Crockett lunchboxes, carried Crockett pencil cases, and, of course, wore his famous coonskin cap. His fame then received a further boost through John Wayne's The Alamo (1960), in which Crockett is played by Wayne, The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory TV miniseries (1987), where"
David 'Davy' Crockett rose from local Tennessee campaigning in 1821 to national celebrity by 1831 through theatrical portrayal and published accounts. James Kirke Paulding's play The Lion of the West modeled its hero on Crockett, amplifying his public image. Published sketches in 1833 and Crockett's 1834 autobiography, written with Thomas Chilton, expanded his fame and provided a self-authored narrative. By February 1836 Crockett reached the Alamo as an internationally recognized American hero, and his death at the Battle of the Alamo transformed him into a celebrity martyr. Popularity persisted through nineteenth- and twentieth-century films and surged again during the 1950s Disney revival.
Read at World History Encyclopedia
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]