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.But when destiny called, Jesse left his new life behind to deliver the last hope for his compatriots: a single letter.The only biography of the state's most overlooked hero, The Alamo Delegate recounts the striking story o...