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Author Crisp, James E., 1946-

Title Sleuthing the Alamo : Davy Crockett's last stand and other mysteries of the Texas Revolution / James E. Crisp.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 201 pages, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New narratives in American history
New narratives in American history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201).
Contents Sam Houston's speechwriters -- With Santa Anna in Texas -- Looking for Davy -- The paintbrush and the knife.
Summary 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.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Revolution (Texas : 1835-1836)
Siege of Alamo (Alamo, San Antonio, Texas : 1836)
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836.
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836 -- Historiography.
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836.
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Historiography.
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1835-1836
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Crisp, James E., 1946- Sleuthing the Alamo. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195163494 (DLC) 2004049255 (OCoLC)54960634
ISBN 9780195184082 (electronic book)
0195184084 (electronic book)
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0195163494
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0195163508
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