Bottling Tennessee: A Davy Crockett Tall Tale

By: Haley Whitehall

Narrated by: J. Scott Bennett

After the Indian Bill passes forcing Native Americans onto Indian Reservations, Davy Crockett leaves Congress determined to help them. Along the way, he tames a black bear he names Death Hug. He bottles Tennessee air, soil, and water, and together they take the long journey to visit his Native American friends. With a little help from Death Hug, Davy transforms the desert into a lush land so the Native Americans can resume their traditional way of life.

Bottling Tennessee is suitable for listeners six to 106. Everyone can enjoy a good tall tale!

©2013 Haley Whitehall (P)2016 Haley Whitehall

Tall tales. History. Morning commute.

Perfect mix and enjoyable start to my unexpected work day.


This is my voluntary review of an audiobook received for free.

A fun tall tale!

My rating: 4.5 stars
Audiobook narrator J. Scott Bennett rating: 5 stars

This was a really fun short story about Davy Crockett as he transforms from Congressman back to frontiersman. While it is a tall tale, there is likely some truth to the history being that Crockett was a congressman and eventually left congress due to his disagreement of the Indian Removal Act.

I like how these folk heroes have become legendary and eventually have grown to larger-than-life type stories (tall tales). It makes for a good read and can teach some morals and lessons along the way.

This tale is the perfect length and I agree with the age limits of 6 to 106. I am going to see what my eight-year-old son thinks about it. Though, I feel like l may need to give him a little history on Davy Crockett first. I like how the end of the recording has an author’s note and mentions some Davy Crockett movies like King of the Wild Frontier. I wish my library or Amazon Prime would have some of these movies so I can show them to my son!

I really enjoyed the narration of this book. He did a great job of changing his voice for different characters, including the bear!

I hope this author write more Davy Crockett stories (or similar tall tales of past folk heroes)!

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Lots of Fun!

This was a really short tall tale that's great for any age. With it only being 29 minutes long it's perfect for a bedtime story or that short car trip. It's a fun story about Davy Crockett trying to make life better for his Native friends. The narrator does a fantastic job and really was fun to listen to.

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Enjoyable tale

I enjoyed this short story, and my favorite narrator's rendition of it.
Great imaginative story.

A great addition to the Tall tales

Like the author I grew up watching the Davy Crockett movies, had a coon skin cap, and the rifle from disney Frontierland. The author has done a great job creating and adding his own talk tale to the legend. Loved it. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher