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Sleuthing the Alamo : Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution

ISBN: 9780195163506 | 0195163508
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 2/24/2005

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
In Sleuthing the Alamo, historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of mythmaking to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution--truths that are often obscured by both racism and political correctness. This engaging first-person account of historical detective workilluminates the methods of the serious historian who searches for the more complex truths behind the glorious myths. Beginning with a personal prologue recalling both the pride and the prejudices that he encountered in the Texas of his youth, Crisp illustrat... MORE
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Forewordp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Chronology: Major Events of the Texas Revolution, Autumn 1835-Spring 1836p. xiii
Pride and Prejudice: A Personal Prologuep. 1
Sam Houston's Speechwritersp. 27
With Santa Anna in Texasp. 61
Looking for Davyp. 103
The Paintbrush and the Knifep. 139
Afterword: The Silence of the Yellow Rosep. 179
Recommendations for Further Readingp. 199
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James E. Crisp is Associate Professor and Assistant Head in the Department of History at North Carolina State University.


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