between america and the british. upon his return, crockett finds his young wife polly on her death bed. within month, she is gone. death entered my home and tore from my children an affectionate and good mother and took from me a tender and loving wife. crockett struggles after polly s death and sets out as a widower to forge a new life for him and his children but before long crockett is presented with an unusual opportunity. america is changing as the war of 1812 comes to an end. self-made men like david crockett enter politics and appear to the public more than traditional money candidates. crockett sz reputation as a frontiersmen and soldier make
the anglo settlers and started coming in the last days of the spanish regime and the first days of the new mexican republic. these guys were coming to texas in order to make texas into a new america. but mexico and general santa ana stand in the way. crockett meets with an old friend from his washington days, sam houston, commander othe texan army. politics, did that. this is war. i ve selected 65 excellent rifl riflemen. i want you to reinforce the garrison there and hold it. what do you say? sam, i d be happy and honored to fight for the future of the
i think these people need to be better served by somebody of their own kind. yeah! it s hot as blazes out here. i bet you all are thirsty. yeah! i hope i get you. david falls in love with politics and introduces a new style of campaigning. you ve got my vote. yes, sir, good. one that includes whiskey drinking and story telling. david crockett was a politician, the frontiersmen was part of his image making campaign in order to get elected from a population who did not want to hear from the old-time politicians. after dab belg in local politics, crockett makes a bid for a seat in the tennessee legislature. as he builds momentum, his detractors begin mocking him in