Sleuthing The Alamo : Davy Crockett's Last Stand And Other Mysteries Of The Texas Revolution

from tuckerresearch

A good book, demolishing some of the myths that have accrued to the Texas Revolution, especially centering around Davy Crockett's last stand. Did he die fighting? Or was he executed? In the end, this is a book concerning the historiography of Alamo history, and it examines the biases and preconce...

from tuckerresearch

A good book, demolishing some of the myths that have accrued to the Texas Revolution, especially centering around Davy Crockett's last stand. Did he die fighting? Or was he executed? In the end, this is a book concerning the historiography of Alamo history, and it examines the biases and preconce...

from ncunionist

A penetrating look inside historians and their craft.

from SomeCallMeTim

I picked up this book on a impulse. It was sitting on the sale table at a Barnes and Noble. This is one of the books that you CANNOT judge by its cover! The cover of Onderdonk's Fall of the Alamo along with the title really mask what this book is all about. As you can judge by my library, I am an...

from ncunionist

A penetrating look inside historians and their craft.