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Forget the Alamo : the rise and fall of an American myth by Bryan Burroughs; Chris Tomlinson; jason Standford is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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"Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett and a band of rebels went down in a blaze of glory fighting for independence from Mexico, losing the battle but setting Texas up to win the war. However, that version of events, as Forget the Alamo definitively shows, owes more to fantasy than reality. Just as the site of the Alamo was left in ruins for decades, its story was forgotten and twisted over time, with the contributions of Tejanos, Texans of Mexican origin who fought alongside the Anglo rebels, scrubbed from the record, and the origin of the conflict over Mexico's push to abolish slavery papered over. Forget the Alamo provocatively explains the true story of the battle against the backdrop of Texas's struggle for independence, then shows us how the sausage of myth got ma

Who reads Forget the Alamo : the rise and fall of an American myth?

Author

Bryan Burroughs; Chris Tomlinson; jason Standford

Publisher

Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Company

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781432892852

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (2,077 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14