Leaving The Alamo

Author : Stanley Stanley,Dick Stanley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847286420

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Leaving the Alamo by Stanley Stanley,Dick Stanley Pdf

Here are sixteen stories of middle-aged Texans, combat veterans of Vietnam, who are not in prison, panhandling, or sleeping under bridges. For the most part, they've learned to live with the judgments of their non-serving peers and the war that still goes on in their heads, although one also has murder on his mind.*******Dick Stanley is a retired daily newspaper staff writer in Austin, Texas. He fought in Vietnam in 1969 as an Army lieutenant and light-infantry senior advisor to a South Vietnamese militia unit in the I Corps tactical zone.

Author : Isaac Newton
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781481747127

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Leaving the Alamo by Isaac Newton Pdf

Taken by the masters to engage in a battle against their wills and against a Mexican regime, they knew very little about. General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna, a dictator in charge of a brigade comprising over five thousand armed soldiers. Jim Bowie, Colonel William Travis lost their lives during the battle. Their slaves did not. Sam, a faithful slave to Jim Bowie and Joe, a committed and honorable slave to Colonel William Travis fought bravely alongside their masters. And after the battle was decided, and defeat, not victory was the outcome, Joe, and Sam not only survived the battle, but gained their freedom from slavery was well. Their biggest fight was not the Battle of the Alamo, but their struggles to make it back into slavery, to be with their families.

Author : Bryan Burrough,Chris Tomlinson,Jason Stanford
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781984880116

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Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough,Chris Tomlinson,Jason Stanford Pdf

A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” —Houston Chronicle Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett and a band of rebels went down in a blaze of glory fighting for independence from Mexico, losing the battle but setting Texas up to win the war. However, that version of events, as Forget the Alamo definitively shows, owes more to fantasy than reality. Just as the site of the Alamo was left in ruins for decades, its story was forgotten and twisted over time, with the contributions of Tejanos--Texans of Mexican origin, who fought alongside the Anglo rebels--scrubbed from the record, and the origin of the conflict over Mexico's push to abolish slavery papered over. Forget the Alamo provocatively explains the true story of the battle against the backdrop of Texas's struggle for independence, then shows how the sausage of myth got made in the Jim Crow South of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As uncomfortable as it may be to hear for some, celebrating the Alamo has long had an echo of celebrating whiteness. In the past forty-some years, waves of revisionists have come at this topic, and at times have made real progress toward a more nuanced and inclusive story that doesn't alienate anyone. But we are not living in one of those times; the fight over the Alamo's meaning has become more pitched than ever in the past few years, even violent, as Texas's future begins to look more and more different from its past. It's the perfect time for a wise and generous-spirited book that shines the bright light of the truth into a place that's gotten awfully dark.

Author : Todd Hansen
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0811700607

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The Alamo Reader by Todd Hansen Pdf

If everyone was killed inside the Alamo, how do we know what happened? This surprisingly simple question was the genesis for Todd Hansen's compendium of source material on the subject, "The Alamo Reader". Utilising obscure and rare sources along with key documents never before published, Hansen carefully balances the accounts against one another, culminating in the definitive resource for Alamo history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Air bases
ISBN : WISC:89121829055

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The Alamo Wing by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wallace O. Chariton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
ISBN : 9781556222559

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Exploring the Alamo Legends by Wallace O. Chariton Pdf

Exploring the Alamo legends sheds some new light onto a few of the shadows of the Alamo legends.

Author : Kristin L. Nelson
Publisher : LernerClassroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761360506

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The Alamo by Kristin L. Nelson Pdf

Briefly describes what happened during the siege at the Alamo in 1836, explains its historical significance, and tells what visitors to the site can see today.

Author : Clyde Richard King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036675184

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Susanna Dickinson by Clyde Richard King Pdf

Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (1814 ? October 7, 1883) and her infant daughter Angelina were among the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Her husband, Captain Almaron Dickinson, and 182 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army.--Wikipedia.

Author : Connie Callender Lindsay
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452013244

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Arliss at the Alamo by Connie Callender Lindsay Pdf

Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781420508611

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The Alamo by Don Nardo Pdf

The Alamo often conjures up images of rugged frontiersmen, the likes of Davy Crockett and James Bowie, shoring up the defenses of the fort against the forces of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. These events did take place, but The Alamo was a small flashpoint in a wider struggle for control of a strategically vital region known as Texas. Seen as a bulwark against the French and British empires to the north, the newly independent nation of Mexico had to secure the territory or risk encroachment on its northern border. This compelling volume examines The Alamo within the wider context of the struggle for control of Texas. Chapters explain the events that led to the battle, provide a gripping description of the siege itself with detailed discussions of the primary figures involved, and describe the legacy of this lost battle to American politics and culture.

Author : Roy Sullivan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781728318615

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Kia: Killed in the Alamo by Roy Sullivan Pdf

“KIA: Killed In the Alamo” highlights the struggle of three Alamo Colonels (Travis, Bowie and Crockett) to organize, sustain and lead the stubborn defenders of the Alamo who gave their lives fighting for an independent Texas. On March 6, 1836, Mexican General, (and President) Santa Ana directed his powerful army to not only assault the old Alamo and its Texas defenders, he ordered the immediate execution of any survivors. The defenders of the Alamo, mostly volunteers, came from eastern and southern United States, Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany, and Denmark as well as well as Texas. Sadly, the birthplaces of 48 of the 212 slain defenders are unknown. To honor their heroism and bravery, a roster of their names is at Chapter 14. Perhaps the highest accolade for these heroic defenders is that inscribed on the Cenotaph in San Antonio, Texas, next to the Alamo: “IN MEMORY OF THE HEROES WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES AT THE ALAMO MARCH 6, 1836, IN THE DEFENSE OF TEXAS. THEY CHOSE NEVER TO SURRENDER NOR RETREAT; THESE BRAVE HEARTS, WITH FLAG STILL WAVING, PERISHED IN THE FLAMES OF NOBILITY THAT THEIR HIGH SACRIFICE MIGHT LEAD TO THE FOUNDING OF TEXAS.”

Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935149521

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Exodus from the Alamo by Phillip Thomas Tucker Pdf

The award-winning historian provides a provocative new analysis of the Battle of the Alamo—including new information on the fate of Davy Crockett. Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo during the Texan Revolution died in a merciless predawn attack by Mexican soldiers. With extensive research into recently discovered Mexican accounts, as well as forensic evidence, historian Phillip Tucker sheds new light on the famous battle, contending that the traditional myth is even more off-base than we thought. In a startling revelation, Tucker uncovers that the primary fights took place on the plain outside the fort. While a number of the Alamo’s defenders hung on inside, most died while attempting to escape. Capt. Dickinson, with cannon atop the chapel, fired repeatedly into the throng of enemy cavalry until he was finally cut down. The controversy surrounding Davy Crockett still remains, though the recently authenticated diary of the Mexican Col. José Enrique de la Peña offers evidence that he surrendered. Notoriously, Mexican Pres. Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna burned the bodies of the Texans who had dared stand against him. As this book proves in thorough detail, the funeral pyres were well outside the fort—that is, where the two separate groups of escapees fell on the plain, rather than in the Alamo itself.

Author : Edwin P. Hoyt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780878332885

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The Alamo by Edwin P. Hoyt Pdf

Master historian Hoyt depicts with graphic and gripping detail the conflict between revolutionary Texas and the Mexican government, in the first paperback edition of this highly acclaimed history. 120 illustrations.

Author : Richard R. Flores
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292796478

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Remembering the Alamo by Richard R. Flores Pdf

This study examines the American mythology surrounding the Alamo and its influence on cultural identity, historical memory, and ethnic relations. Over nearly two centuries, the Mexican victory over an outnumbered band of Alamo defenders has been transformed into an American victory for the love of liberty. Through a metamorphosis of memory and mythology, the Alamo became a master symbol in Texan and American culture. In Remembering the Alamo, Richard Flores examines how this transformation helped to shape social, economic, and political relations between Anglo and Mexican Texans from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Flores looks at how heritage society members and political leaders sought to define the Alamo, and how their attempts reflected struggles within Texas society over the place and status of Anglos and Mexicans. Flores also explores how Alamo movies and the transformation of Davy Crockett into a hero-martyr have advanced deeply racialized, ambiguous, and even invented understandings of the past.

Author : Bill Groneman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493028436

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Eyewitness to the Alamo by Bill Groneman Pdf

Eyewitness to the Alamo is the actual account of the siege and Battle of the Alamo by those who were present during the attack. This book is the first complete accounting of the Battle of the Alamo by one of our country's foremost authorities on the event.