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The Alamo's Forgotten Defenders : The Remarkable Story of the Irish During the Texas Revolution /
- Title
- The Alamo's Forgotten Defenders : The Remarkable Story of the Irish During the Texas Revolution / Phillip Thomas Tucker.
- Author
- Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-
- Publication
- El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie LLC, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- xx, 169 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- 1800 - 1899
- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) > Siege, 1836
- Irish American soldiers > History > 19th century
- Irish American soldiers
- Irish Americans > History > 19th century
- Irish Americans
- Military participation > Irish American
- Revolution (Texas : 1835-1836)
- Siege of The Alamo (San Antonio, Texas : 1836)
- Texas > Participation, Irish American. > Revolution, 1835-1836
- Texas > San Antonio
- Texas
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.
- Contents
- A natural revolutionary union -- The roles of the Scotch-Irish leading up to revolution -- Enduring myths and realities of the Texas Revolution -- Genesis of the Alamo disaster and a rendezvous with destiny -- James Neill's most ill-fated decision -- David Crockett, the ultimate "Irishman" -- A bloody predawn reckoning at the Alamo -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9781611211917 (alk. paper)
- 1611211913 (alk. paper)
- 9781611211924 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015044716
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library