David Crockett Went Down Fighting: How We Know It

By Richard L Range and Phil Guarnieri

"In this new work Guarnieri and Range for the first time present, examine, and analyze the time and location that the eyewitnesses who actually knew him saw Crockett's dead body following right after the Alamo battle. This process gives a whole new take on a longstanding and contentious controversy."

GREGG J. DIMMICK, M.D., author of Sea of Mud:

The Retreat of the Mexican Army After San Jacinto; An Archeological Investigation and the upcoming multi-volume work, Santa Anna's Mexican Army in the Texas Revolution

"If you believe Crockett surrendered and was executed at the Alamo, after reading this book I promise you will at least have very serious doubts about the surrender narrative, and more likely conclude as I did, 'I was wrong, Davy Crockett died fighting.""

-JERRY E. PATTERSON, Former Texas State Senator Former Texas General Land Office Commissioner

Lt. Col. USMCR, Ret.

Most Famous Cold Case Mystery in Texas History- What Really Happened to David Crockett

In this latest work Phil Guarnieri and Richard L. Range employ modern-day forensic investigative techniques to tackle the most famous cold case in Texas history: how David Crockett died at the Alamo. The question of whether Crockett died fighting or was captured and executed by order of General Santa Anna has spawned a lively and contentious four-decade-long debate.

The authors examine the genesis and evolution of the Crockett execution story and conduct a thorough and detailed dissection weighing the extant evidence left by witnesses from both sides of the battle. They then introduce two new critical points of evidence that have never been previously scrutinized throughout the long course of this heated controversy.

The evidence, arguments, and conclusions derived in this illuminating analysis make Crockett's execution highly unlikely if not impossible. If you are interested in history or in cold case crime mysteries, you will find this book both intriguing and compelling.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1637929188
• ISBN13: 9781637929186
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Beyond Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"