Ep. 114: David Crockett - The Early Years (Part 2)

Bear Grease

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Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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On the last episode, we learned that David Crockett was America's first celebrity and that his identity was founded on being a bear hunter. We learned that there were four Crocketts that America knew: the bear hunter, the soldier, the politician and the martyr at the Alamo. Today, Clay Newcomb will dive into what he believes was the most important part of his life, his childhood in early life. They didn't put this part of his story on television and make cartoons of it to put on lunch boxes, but this period led him to be a soldier, which we're gonna talk about. We'll hear again from Cornell Professor, Robert Morgan and meet the man who's had one of Crockett's first guns, Betsy, in his family since 1803. We might even hear from the “greatest of all time” Michael Jordan. The way forward is complex. The truth is narrow and elusive, but Crockett's influence on American culture is foundational to learning why we are the way we are. We really doubt you’re gonna want to miss this one…

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0:45.9	There was a real crocket out there, not just the one we saw on TV, that my family had known
0:52.1	and been involved with.
0:54.6	On the last episode we learned that David Crocket was America's first celebrity and that
0:59.6	his identity was founded on being a bear hunter.
1:02.9	We learned that there were four crockets that America knew.
1:06.2	The bear hunter, the soldier, the politician and the martyr at the Alamo.
1:10.7	Today we'll dive into what I believe was the most important part of his life, his
1:15.9	childhood and early life.
1:18.4	They didn't put this part of his story on television and make cartoons of it to put
1:22.4	on lunch boxes.
1:24.0	In this period, led him to be an soldier, which we're going to talk about.
1:29.0	We'll hear again from Cornell, Professor Robert Morgan and meet the man who's had one of
1:35.0	Crocket's first guns in his family since 1803.
1:39.9	I got to shoulder the gun they call Betsy and we might even hear from the greatest of
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