pan2/5
One of my pet peeve is a misleading title... And this book is the perfect example. It's actually a book about Wright's experience of Texas: it is filled with anecdotes. It's between a memoir, a travelogue, and an opinion piece.
It's a pan to me, because it's a lot of name dropping without a clear structure, or a clear objective. Very disjointed writing.
pickThis book destroys the myths about the Alamo, to include the people involved and the reasons for the battle. The main reason for the Texas revolt, which included the defense of the Alamo, was slavery. Mexico had banned it, infuriating American settlers.
The second half of the book looks at the strange history of its preservation and cultural context. Fun tidbit, musician Phil Collins is a major player in the site‘s recent history.
#bookspinbingo
pickCan't think of a better time to get this one off my tbr.
pickValuable and important reading in modern society, especially if you were ever taught the catechism of Texas history.
I didn‘t grow up in Texas, so I dodged these lessons in school, but I did learn a lot about Texas history, including The Alamo, during an internship with a historical society.
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I greatly enjoyed this book, but I am really struggling with how to review it. I am much closer to this madness that I wish I were, and I don‘t want to put myself or my future at risk by saying anything that could identify me to people who could literally destroy my career or any hope of ever having one… but it is hard to not include those things, because the lies told about The Alamo are truly disturbing and disgusting.
This is true, and yet the country is currently doubling down on these issues.
#ForgetTheAlamo #BryanBurrough #ChrisTomlinson #JasonStanford #Texas #TexasHistory
Conservatives, especially Texas conservatives, are so worried about how white children feel about their ancestors being slave owners and slave owning being framed as bad in history class. They are never worried about how other children feel while sitting in history class or how their white classmates treat them because of what is taught in those classes.
#ForgetTheAlamo #BryanBurrough #ChrisTomlinson #JasonStanford #Texas #TexasHistory
This is way more accurate than anything you‘d learn in a Texas history classroom.
#ForgetTheAlamo #BryanBurrough #ChrisTomlinson #JasonStanford #Texas #TexasHistory
Texans have been down with total BS and fake news since the beginning.
#ForgetTheAlamo #BryanBurrough #ChrisTomlinson #JasonStanford #Texas #TexasHistory
