DAVID CROCKETT SCOUT
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DAVY HAD A CHANCE TO FIGHT THAT MUST HAVE SATISFIED HIM
David Crockett
SCOUT
SMALL BOY, PILGRIM, MOUNTAINEER, SOLDIER, BEAR-HUNTER, AND CONGRESSMAN
DEFENDER OF THE ALAMO
BY
CHARLES FLETCHER ALLEN
FRONTISPIECE BY
FRANK McKERNAN
“The fittest place where man can die is where he dies for man” —M. J. Barry.
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
FIFTEENTH IMPRESSION
PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To
EDITH SQUIRE ALLEN
GUARDIAN, COMRADE, AND KINDLY LIGHT