Ep. 118: David Crockett - The Blunder (Part 3)

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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On this third episode, we’re navel deep into the life of America’s first celebrity backwoodsman, David “Davy” Crockett. We’ve learned there were four Crockett’s known by America – the bear hunter, the soldier, the politician and the martyr at the Alamo. We ended the last episode with Crockett leaving the military, but today things get dicey – Crockett became America’s first famous working class, populist politician. We’ll look into when David Crockett’s wife died, learn of his folksy campaign style, see his feud with Andrew Jackson - and his opposition to Old Hickory’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 - and ultimately see Crockett’s biggest political blunder that eventually lead his death. We’ll even talk with Robert Morgan about Crockett’s influence on Abraham Lincoln. We really doubt you’re going to want to miss this one....

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1:02.6	On this episode, we're navel deep into the life of America's first celebrity back woodsmann,
1:08.8	David Crocket, who 150 years after his death, people would call Davey.
1:14.7	We've learned there were four Crockets known by America, the Bear Hunter, the soldier,
1:19.7	the politician, and the martyr at the Alamo.
1:22.9	We ended the last episode with Crocket leaving the military, but today things get dicey.
1:29.8	Crocket became America's first famous working class populist politician.
1:35.8	We'll see his charm and wit on the campaign stump.
1:40.1	Learn of family tragedy and business failures and see the pragmatic genius of the American
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