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Author: Ruth J. Carnes
Publisher: Eakin Press
Published: 2016-08-16
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781681790701
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biography for young readers reveals the life story of Ben Milam-silver miner, trader with the Comanches, colonizer, and committed soldier. He joined the Texian cause and helped capture Goliad before encouraging his fellow Texians onward to San Antonio.
Author: Eugene Percy Lyle
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 462
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Holly Beachley Brear
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-06-28
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 029279181X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study explores the multiple histories and mythologies of San Antonio’s famous Spanish mission and Texas Revolution battle site. The Alamo Mission still evokes tremendous feeling among many Americans, and especially among Texans. For Anglo Texans, it is the “Cradle of Texas Liberty” and a symbol of Western expansion. But Hispanic Texans increasingly view the Alamo as a stolen symbol, its origin as a Spanish mission forgotten, its famous defeat used to rob Hispanics of their place in Texas history. In this study, Holly Beachley Brear explores what the Alamo means to the numerous groups that lay claim to its heritage. Brear shows how—and why—Alamo myths often diverge from the historical facts. She decodes the agendas of various groups, including the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (who maintain the site), the Order of the Alamo, the Texas Cavaliers, and LULAC. She also probes attempts by individuals and groups to rewrite the Alamo myth to include more positive roles for themselves. With new perspectives on all the sacred icons of the Alamo and the Fiesta that celebrates (one version of) its history each year, Inherit the Alamo challenges stereotypes and offers a new understanding of the Alamo’s ongoing role in shaping Texas and American history and mythology.
Author: Various
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-06-03
Total Pages: 1566
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book "Poems of American History" is filled with hundreds of poems written from the within, on the spot, and those written long afterward. This book contains poems of ancient and historical relevance. It describes events that led to the discovery of America before the breakout of the First World War in 1914.
Author: Edwin P. Hoyt
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2003-04-15
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1461635179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaster historian Edwin P. Hoyt depicts with graphic and gripping detail the conflict between revolutionary Texas and the Mexican government determined to rule. In the first paperback edition of a highly acclaimed history, Hoyt describes the well-known historical facts of the revolution, the pivotal siege of the Alamo, and the decisive aftermath, and fills them with new life. By merging a multitude of authoritative accounts of this turbulent period and the bloody clashes that shaped it, Hoyt paints a dynamic portrait of Texas rebels and Mexican authorities locked in a struggle over the fate of an untamed land. Fully illustrated with more than 120 black and white and full color images, The Alamo reveals the entire spectrum of Texas's determined bid for independence. Read of the triumph, passion, and tragedy of the valiant yet doomed defenders of the old Spanish mission.
Author: J. R. Edmondson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-07-15
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 1493057596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2000, J. R. Edmondson's The Alamo Story: From Early History to Current Conflicts thoroughly examines the famous "Shrine of Texas Liberty" from its origin as a Spanish New World mission to its modern status. It has been lauded as the “best" and "most readable” of all historical accounts devoted to the legendary mission-fortress. The original edition has been celebrated for over twenty years for its comprehensive approach to Alamo scholarship and for presenting the famous battle in the context of both American and Mexican history. This second edition of The Alamo Story includes new information about the battle and those involved, including expanded stories on the roles of minorities and some illustrations by noted artist Mark Lemon. The book also features a new chapter on Benjamin Rush Milam's assault on San Antonio with only three hundred Texians, the battle that set the stage for the siege of the Alamo less than three months later. And there is an extensive epilogue on the present-day conflicts about the physical Alamo compound, as historic preservationists clash with political and popular opinions in San Antonio.
Author: Edwin Markham
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 518
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gretchen Riley
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2015-01-21
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1623492386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFamous Trees of Texas was first published in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service (now Texas A&M Forest Service), an organization created in 1915 and charged with protecting and sustaining the forests, trees, and other related natural resources of Texas. For the 100-year anniversary of TFS, the agency presents a new edition of this classic book, telling the stories of 101 trees throughout the state. Some are old friends, featured in the first edition and still alive (27 of the original 81 trees described in the first edition have died); some are newly designated, discovered as people began to recognize their age and value. All of them remain “living links” to the state’s storied past.
Author: Mike Flanagan
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780028629452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLittle known lore about pioneers, easy to understand explanations of land agreements, fascinating adventures of Native Americans, and photos the people of the ole West.
Author: Carol Morris Little
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780292760363
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the history of outdoor sculpture in Texas, and features brief descriptions of over eight hundred works, each with the artist's name, birth date, and nationality, the sculpture's date, type, size, material, location, and source of funding, and comments. Grouped by city.
