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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth is a 2021 history book written by the American authors Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford.It examines the story of the Battle of the Alamo, and argues that the heroic story of its defenders during the Texas Revolution is not accurate, and that it was not the important battle that it is often considered in Texas history ...
Forget the Alamo may refer to: "Forget the Alamo", a 2002 episode of the animated television series Time Squad; Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American ...
Bryan Burrough (born August 13, 1961, in Memphis, TN) is an American journalist and author of eight books, including four New York Times best-sellers, the Wall Street classic Barbarians at the Gate (with John Helyar); Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34; The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Families; and Forget the Alamo: The ...
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution.Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States).
A program on the Craft of Writing: Rewriting History on Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth [14] with Bryan Burrough and Chris Tomlinson [15] [16] co-sponsored by Writers' League of Texas with the Bullock Texas State History Museum, included the development of the Alamo's mythos during the Jim Crow era.
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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1984880093. OCLC 1200831523. Kaiser, Charles (August 29, 2021). "Forget the Alamo Review: Dark Truths of the US South and Its 'Secular Mecca' ". Books. The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021
The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States.It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which American folk heroes James Bowie and Davy Crockett were killed. [4]