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Rescuing Crockett

By David Z. Pyke
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"Presented with artful plausibility.... A thrilling historical drama, as engrossing as it is edifying." —Kirkus Reviews

What if Davy Crockett survived the Alamo?

Texas, 1838. Silas Grant prepares for life with the girl of his dreams. The resourceful sixteen-year-old is learning the blacksmith trade from his father and frontier skills from Texas Revolution veterans. But when a portrait of David Crockett raises the possibility that the beloved frontiersman didn't die two years earlier, Silas joins a quest for the truth.

Exploring a world healing from the war, Silas and his fellow Texians investigate the accounts of Alamo survivors, follow a trail of clues across Texas and Mexico, and pursue a witness to the battle's final moments. Their odyssey turns lethal as layers of the last stand's mystery peel away to expose a shocking secret.

Will the revelation stun a nation or ignite a fatal showdown?

Rescuing Crockett is an adventure, a mystery, a thriller, and a love story set in the turbulent years of the Republic of Texas. If you like historical fiction in the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Steven Pressfield, westerns in the tradition of Larry McMurtry and Paulette Jiles, high concept mystery thrillers in the tradition of Dan Brown, and Texas fiction in the tradition of Stephen Harrigan, you'll love David Z. Pyke's award-winning epic of the American West.

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“Everyone familiar with Texas history knows David Crockett (he didn't much care for "Davy") died at the Alamo. But what if he didn't? This is the tale David Z. Pyke envisions for us with Rescuing Crockett. At a party held by the Spanish Ambassador, U.S. government emissary happens upon a sketch that looks an awful lot like David Crockett. There have been rumors that Crockett survived, but they'd all been disproven. This, though? The sketch is recent. And thus begins the an investigation that takes a group of Texian heroes and one young man, Silas Grant, all over Texas and into Mexican territory in an effort to ferret out the truth. Pyke has done his research, and backs it up with historical notes at the end of the book. Many characters were real people, and even the fictional ones have backstory and depth. I'm not a native Texan, and I enjoyed reading and learning about some of the actual people who fought at the Alamo and San Jacinto. The main plot, the search for Crockett, is a thrill ride. There are witness statements, but they conflict. Whose account is trustworthy and whose isn't? There are some hair-raising moments and enough action for the most devoted adventure reader. The subplot with Silas and his love, Emily, is a nice touch. I know we'll see more of Silas in future books. I hope Emily is included, too! They're just so darn cute, and I love that the older men joked with Silas about his romantic situation. Highly recommended if you like historical fiction that lets you play a really entertaining game of "but what if it happened differently"!”

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