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Title: Alamo Traces: New Evidence and New Conclusions by Thomas Ricks Lindley, Stephen Harrigan ISBN: 1-55622-983-6 Publisher: Republic of Texas Pr Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Alamo Seen Clearly!
Comment: This book goes beyond the usual scope of history books by shedding light into the dark corridors of the Alamo's past. As an avid history buff, and an author on Texas history myself, I can appreciate the great amount of research and concern over telling the TRUTH for a change! So much fiction has been written in the past few years that it has "muddied the waters" over what actually happened. People start believing the fiction as fact, and some textbooks have not been much better to apply a revisionist's history to the facts and the important details to be more "politically correct." "Alamo Traces" sheds the light on the truth, and gives us an under the microscope view of the details and events that make the Alamo story so riviting to even nonTexans. As a fifth generation Texan I am alittle put out by some authors that have added fictional accounts that blurred the line between fact and fiction. This author went back to the archives and he looked carefully at the story to explain many of the details and events properly. It sets the stage and tells the story from an understandable perspective. Well done! A must for any true history buff! Joe Blevins, The Texas Republic.
Rating: 5
Summary: The truth shall set you free.
Comment: I am impressed with the amount of primary sources researched for the writing of this book. Most books rely on secondary sources to a grest extent and fail to examine the accuracy of the primary accounts, but not Mr. Lindley. He got his information for this book "straight from the horses mouth". In some cases he even investigated the accuracy of the horse. It is not a book of shared opinions, but rather the evidence comes the first hand accounts of the individuals involved and the governmental records of this period of history. His exhaustive search of the governmental records is obvious. This tireless research of many years makes him uniquely different in this regard.
Rating: 5
Summary: New Evidence and New Conclusions concerning the Alamo
Comment: Mr. Lindley has obviously spent years at the State Archives
researching this book. The book contains 676 references, many
dating back to the 1830's. The list of references alone is well
worth the price of the text.
Without a doubt, some scholars are going to feel very uncomfortable since some of Mr. Lindley's conclusions do not agree with the accepted version we were taught in school. Especially since the author backs up his assertions with
documentation that dates back 160 years in some cases.
This book is a must for anyone with even a casual interest in
Texas history. We will certainly be hearing more about Mr. Lindley and his book Alamo Traces: New Evidence and New Conclusions.
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Title: The Breach by Brian Kaufman ISBN: 0972044205 Publisher: Last Knight Publishing Company Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Alamo Reader: A Study in History by Todd Hansen ISBN: 0811700607 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: The Alamo by Frank Thompson ISBN: 1571458409 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.98 |
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Title: Eyewitness to the Alamo (Revised Edition) by Bill Groneman, Paul Andrew Hutton ISBN: 1556228465 Publisher: Republic of Texas Pr Pub. Date: 30 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Journey into the Land of Trials by Manley F., Jr. Cobia ISBN: 1577362683 Publisher: Providence House Publishers Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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