William Philip King
When we talk about the Alamo, we often picture grizzled frontiersmen—Crockett, Bowie, Travis. We imagine men who had lived long lives, fought many battles, and made their choices with the wisdom of experience. But the youngest defender to die at the Alamo wasn’t a man at all. He was a 15-year-old boy named William Philip King. And he wasn’t even supposed to be there. The story of how William…












