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Richard Penn Smith (March 13, 1799 – August 12, 1854) was an American playwright who wrote twenty plays, of which fifteen were performed. He wrote a largely fictitious account of events leading up to and at the Battle of the Alamo, which was presented as the diary of Davy Crockett. (From Wikipedia) More about Richard Penn Smith:
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| | Books by Richard Penn Smith: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854, contrib.: Life of David Crockett, the Original Humorist and Irrepressible Backwoodsman: Comprising His Early History; His Bear Hunting and Other Adventures; His Services in the Creek War; His Electioneering Speeches and Career in Congress; with His Triumphal Tour Through the Northern States, and Services in the Texas War. To Which is Added an Account of His Glorious Death at the Alamo While Fighting in Defence of Texan Independence (Philadelphia: J.E. Potter and Co., c1865), by Davy Crockett
Additional books by Richard Penn Smith in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The actress of Padua, and other tales. (E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The autobiography of David Crockett (Scribner, 1923), also by Davy Crockett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas: (T. K. and P. G. Collins, 1836), also by David Crocket (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas: wherein is contained, a full account of his journey from Tennessee to the Red river and Natchitoches, and thence across Texas to San Antonio, including his many hair-breadth escapes; together with a topographical, historical, and political view of Texas ... (Nafis & Cornish;, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas : wherein is contained a full account of his journey from Tennessee to the Red River and Natchitoches, and thence across Texas to San Antonio : including his many hair-breadth escapes : together with a topographical, historical, and political view of Texas ... (Wm. H. Graham, Tribune Building, 1848), also by Davy Crockett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The deluge : a demi-serious poem, canto the first ([s.n.], 1830), also by Smith and George William Featherstonhaugh (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The disowned, or, The prodigals : a play, in three acts (C. Alexander, 1830) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The eighth of January; a drama in three acts. As performed at the theatres, Chesnut street, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. (Neal and Mackenzie, 1829) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The forsaken : a tale (J. Grigg, 1831) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: Lafitte, or, The Baratarian chief : a tale. (Oliphant & Skinner, Printers, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The life and writings of Richard Penn Smith, with a reprint of his play, "The deformed," 1830 (George Banta publishing company, 1917), also by Bruce McCullough (page images at HathiTrust)
- Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854: The miscellaneous works of the late Richard Penn Smith. (H. W. Smith, 1856), also by Horace Wemyss Smith and Morton McMichael (page images at HathiTrust)
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