Exodus From the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth by Phillip Thomas Tucker

Exodus From the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth by Phillip Thomas Tucker

Author:Phillip Thomas Tucker [Tucker, Phillip Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: State & Local, Texas - History - to 1846, Mexico, Modern, General, United States, Other, 19th Century, Alamo (San Antonio; Tex.) - Siege; 1836, Alamo (San Antonio; Tex.), Military, Latin America, Southwest (AZ; NM; OK; TX), History
ISBN: 9781935149521
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2010-01-02T06:00:00+00:00


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Images from the Alamo

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An 1886 depiction of the mythical storming of the Alamo. In this drawing the Alamo church is the focal point of the battle and distinguished by its trademark bell-shaped facade, built by the United States nearly a decade and a half later.

An admirer of Napoleon, Antonio López de Santa Anna lamented the overall lack of resistance on March 6, describing the Alamo’s capture as nothing more than a “small affair.” Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo



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