The Alamo Delegate

<p>As the new nation expanded westward in early 1813 a party of travelers set out from coastal North Carolina bound for a journey none could imagine: Jesse B. Badgett and his family would help settle the then-unchartered lands of the American South.</p><p><br></p><p>But when destiny called Jesse left his new life behind to deliver the last hope for his compatriots: a single letter.</p><p><br></p><p>The only biography of the state's most overlooked hero <em>The Alamo Delegate</em> recounts the striking story of the expert rider who carried the fate of Texas in his saddlebag.</p>