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Emily D. West and the Yellow Rose of Texas Myth

AUTHOR Tucker, Phillip Thomas
PUBLISHER McFarland & Company (02/13/2014)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth.
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ISBN-13: 9780786474493
ISBN-10: 0786474491
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 276
Carton Quantity: 14
Product Dimensions: 6.90 x 0.90 x 9.90 inches
Weight: 1.05 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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History | United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
History | Women's Studies
History | Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Bl
Grade Level: College Freshman and up
Dewey Decimal: 976.404
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013048079
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For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth.

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Author: Tucker, Phillip Thomas
Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., has authored or edited more than 20 books on various aspects of the American experience, especially in the fields of Civil War, Irish, African-American, Revolutionary, and Southern history. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he has earned three degrees in American history, including a Ph.D. from St. Louis University in 1990. In 1993 his biography of Father John B. Bannon won the Douglas Southall Freeman Award for the best book in Southern history. For more than two decades, Dr. Tucker has been a military historian for the U.S. Air Force. He currently lives in the Washington, DC area.
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