"One of the least known but most important battles of the Texas Revolution occurred not with arms but with words, not in Texas but in New Orleans. In the fall of 1835, Creole mercantile houses backed the opposition forces against Santa Anna. As a result, New Orleans capital, som…
"One of the least known but most important battles of the Texas Revolution occurred not with arms but with words, not in Texas but in New Orleans. In the fall of 1835, Creole mercantile houses backed the opposition forces against Santa Anna. As a result, New Orleans capital, som…
"One of the least known but most important battles of the Texas Revolution occurred not with arms but with words, not in Texas but in New Orleans. In the fall of 1835, Creole mercantile houses backed the opposition forces against Santa Anna. As a result, New Orleans capital, som…
This text employs a particular archival 'find' in each chapter to show how the meaning of the Texas Revolution, and especially the Alamo battle, cannot be understood without examining the construction of the histories and myths about the birth of the Texas Republic.
[In this volume, the author] takes us on an ... adventure, bringing his inquiring intellect to bear on such tried and true topics as Sam Houston, racism and the Texas Revolution, the de la Pena diary, and David Crockett's death. Weaving this complex historical narrative into a w…
This text employs a particular archival 'find' in each chapter to show how the meaning of the Texas Revolution, and especially the Alamo battle, cannot be understood without examining the construction of the histories and myths about the birth of the Texas Republic.
This text employs a particular archival 'find' in each chapter to show how the meaning of the Texas Revolution, and especially the Alamo battle, cannot be understood without examining the construction of the histories and myths about the birth of the Texas Republic.
While there is wide scholarship on the Texas Revolution, there is no comparable volume on the role of women during that conflict. Most of the many works on the Texas Revolution include women briefly in the narrative, such as Emily Austin, Suzanna Dickinson, and Emily Morgan West…