Alamo Traces
by Lindley, Thomas RicksFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-01
Publisher(s): Republic of Texas Press
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Summary
Never wavering in its search for the bedrock of fact, this book is a methodical, piece-by-piece dismantling of what we thought we knew and a convincing speculation about what might have really happened during that courageous fight for independence.
Author Biography
Thomas Ricks Lindley is a former Army military policeman and criminal investigator. He has published numerous articles in The Alamo Journal, the publication of The Alamo Socieity. Currently working on a manuscript about the relationship between Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson, the author resides in Austin, Texas.
Table of Contents
| Foreword by Stephen Harrigan, | vii | ||
| Acknowledgments, | xi | ||
| Introduction, | xv | ||
| Chapter One Sam Houston and the Alamo: "Drawing Truthful Deductions," | 1 | (36) | |
| Chapter Two A Critical Study of a Critical Study: "Puzzling Questions," | 37 | (46) | |
| Chapter Three Travis's Bones: Reinforcement of the Alamo, | 83 | (36) | |
| Chapter Four Three-Legged Willie's Entreaty: "Hold on Firmly," | 119 | (54) | |
| Chapter Five Moses, the Climbing Rose: Thorny Problems, | 173 | (38) | |
| Chapter Six Louis and Stephen Rose: At the Walls of the Alamo, | 211 | (22) | |
| Chapter Seven A Rose Is a Rose: Moses, Louis, and James M., | 233 | (16) | |
| Chapter Eight Mexican Casualties at the Alamo: Big and Little, | 249 | (48) | |
| Chapter Nine Alamo Strays: Question and Answer, | 297 | (20) | |
| Conclusion, | 317 | (2) | |
| Appendices, | 319 | (50) | |
| Selected Bibliography, | 369 | (14) | |
| Index, | 383 |
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