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Exploring Alamo Legends - by Wallace Chariton (Paperback)

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  • Did the famous Davy Crockett surrender at the Alamo or die fighting like a tiger according to Texas tradition?
  • Author(s): Wallace Chariton
  • 288 Pages
  • History, United States

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After years of researching all available Alamo records, including primary letters and accounts by participants, government documents from the period, newspaper articles, diary entries, and even receipts, Wallace O. Chariton has answered these and many more of the perplexing Al...



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Did the famous Davy Crockett surrender at the Alamo or die fighting like a tiger according to Texas tradition? Did Sam Houston lie when he said he ordered James Bowie to blow up the Alamo? What happened to James C. Neill, the real commander of the Alamo? You be the judge.

After years of researching all available Alamo records, including primary letters and accounts by participants, government documents from the period, newspaper articles, diary entries, and even receipts, Wallace O. Chariton has answered these and many more of the perplexing Alamo questions. No punches are pulled in this hard hitting investigation. Some of the answers presented may excite your patriotic yearnings: other more controversial answers may ignite your historical anger. In either event, some new light has been cast onto a few of the shadows of the Alamo legends.



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Did the famous Davy Crockett surrender at the Alamo or die fighting like a tiger according to Texas tradition?
Did Sam Houston lie when he said he ordered James Bowie to blow up the Alamo? You be the judge.
What happened to James C. Neill, the real commander of the Alamo?
After years of researching all available Alamo records, including primary letters and accounts by participants, government documents from the period, newspaper articles, diary entries, and even receipts, Wallace O. Chariton has answered these and many more of the perplexing Alamo questions. No punches are pulled in this hard hitting investigation. Some of the answers presented may excite your patriotic yearnings: other more controversial answers may ignite your historical anger. In either event, some new light has been cast onto a few of the shadows of the Alamo legends.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.06 Inches (W) x .73 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.02 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Theme: State & Local, Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Format: Paperback
Author: Wallace Chariton
Language: English
Street Date: May 1, 1992
TCIN: 1009226066
UPC: 9781556222559
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-9469
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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