A speculative dialogue between Crockett and Santa Anna after the fall of the Alamo, this fact-based novella breathes new dramatic life into the ongoing debate over that legendary campaign.
Did Davy Crockett die during the battle for the Alamo, or was he captured and executed by the Mexicans? The Trial Of Davy Crockett presents a speculative dialogue between Crockett and Santa Anna, meeting in a clash of will and wit over the ideologies of American expansionism and the Texian Revolution.
Who more embodies the skeptic of American policy than Santa Anna, and who better to defend it than the wily Davy Crockett? These fables warriors are presented in greater depth and with more complexity than any previous fictional incarnation.
Excerpt
Santa Anna smiled gently. "Amigo, what is the national reserve but a fund for the country's leadership? You propose to give all an equal claim to the limited resources which any government would need to survive. As with a serpent, the length and brawn of the body are nothing without the head."
"But our government's got three heads," Crockett said, "seven heads, a hundred."
"And how could such a beast survive without devouring itself?"
Crockett looked at Santa Anna with calmness in his grin and certainty in his recline. "It eats tyrants."
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