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Exodus From the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth

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by Phillip Thomas Tucker


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  Table of Contents

  Preface

  Foreword

  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

  Images from the Alamo

  The Predawn Assault

  Flight Rather than Fight

  The Alamo’s Most Bitter Legacies

  Flames Rising High

  Notes

  Bibliography

 

 

 


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