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Exodus from the Alamo : the anatomy of the last stand myth / by Philip Thomas Tucker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Havertown, Pa. ; Newbury : Casemate, ©2010.Description: xvi, 404 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781932033939
  • 1932033939
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 976.403 22
LOC classification:
  • F390 .T83 2010
Other classification:
  • 15.87
  • 7,26
Contents:
Foreword / Antonio Zavaleta -- Introduction: From fact to fantasy -- Golden prizes: land and slaves -- Napoleonic influences -- The ultimate folly: defense of the Alamo -- Lull before the storm: fatal overconfidence -- An ineffective siege -- The predawn assault -- Flight rather than fight -- The Alamo's most bitter legacies -- Flames rising high.
Summary: Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo in the war for Texas independence were killed in a predawn attack, forcing a wild melee inside the fort before many of its defenders had even awoken. Tucker examines the prelude to the conflict, reveals that many of the Alamo's defenders staged breakouts from the fort, and provides a realistic interpretation of one of the seminal events in North American history.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 976.403 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00556993

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-391) and index.

Foreword / Antonio Zavaleta -- Introduction: From fact to fantasy -- Golden prizes: land and slaves -- Napoleonic influences -- The ultimate folly: defense of the Alamo -- Lull before the storm: fatal overconfidence -- An ineffective siege -- The predawn assault -- Flight rather than fight -- The Alamo's most bitter legacies -- Flames rising high.

Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo in the war for Texas independence were killed in a predawn attack, forcing a wild melee inside the fort before many of its defenders had even awoken. Tucker examines the prelude to the conflict, reveals that many of the Alamo's defenders staged breakouts from the fort, and provides a realistic interpretation of one of the seminal events in North American history.

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