Exodus from the Alamo : the anatomy of the last stand myth /

Exodus from the Alamo : the anatomy of the last stand myth /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-
Imprint:	Havertown, Pa. ; Newbury : Casemate, c2010.
Description:	xvi, 404 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Siege of The Alamo (San Antonio, Texas : 1836) Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836. Texas -- San Antonio.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8123524

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ISBN:	9781932033939 (hbk.) 1932033939 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-391) and index.
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.

Table of 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.