After the Alamo goes beyond popular myth and folklore to explore the events and portray the heroes (and the cowards) of the Texas War for Independence. While Texans were generally unhappy with their Mexican government in 1835, most of them did not want a revolutionary war against Santa Anna. Although there had been scattered violence in the territory, it was only after a band of mostly outsiders was slaughtered in their famous defense of the Alamo that Texans even attempted to organize formal opposition. Then they wound up ...
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After the Alamo goes beyond popular myth and folklore to explore the events and portray the heroes (and the cowards) of the Texas War for Independence. While Texans were generally unhappy with their Mexican government in 1835, most of them did not want a revolutionary war against Santa Anna. Although there had been scattered violence in the territory, it was only after a band of mostly outsiders was slaughtered in their famous defense of the Alamo that Texans even attempted to organize formal opposition. Then they wound up with two governors and four military commanders, all at odds with one another. It would take several additional tragedies -- at San Patricio, Refugio, and Goliad -- to finally weld the Texans into a single-minded people willing to give everything for their independence. At the center of this epic straggle was James Walker Fannin -- vain, indecisive, possibly cowardly, and simultaneously heroic. Was he a hero or a villain? This book probes this seldom-discussed Texas story in heart-wrenching detail and then leaves the decision to you.
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