At long last, it is time for a new and fresh look at David Crocketts death at the Alamo. In recent years, it has become fashionable in books, a celebrated Mexican memoir, and the latest Alamo film (2004) to emphasize that Crocketts death at the Alamo was less than heroic-a captured Crockett was allegedly executed on General Santa Annas direct orders. But this was simply not the case. This timely book tells the truth about Crocketts death in the heat of battle on the early morning of March 6, 1836.