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A Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory

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In late February and early March of 1836, a Mexican army led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna lay siege to a mission referred to as the Alamo, held by a small band of rebels that included Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Travis. At the hours of darkness early morning of March 6, all within the fort were dead — and certainly one of The united states’s most enduring legends used to be born.
Randy Roberts and James S. Olson retell the story of the Alamo from both the Mexican and the American perspectives, delving into the historical accuracy of such myths as Bowie’s famous line within the sand, Crockett’s celebrated fight to the death, and the common portrayal of the Mexicans as ruthless killers. Separating fact from fiction, they trace how and why those fictions grew, from the rapid spread of the rallying cry “Understand that the Alamo!” to the “patriotic” depictions of battle in American films and tv to the potency of the Alamo as a symbol in Texas politics and American culture lately.

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