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Exodus from the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth
Written by Phillip Thomas Tucker
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This startling analysis of one of America’s most glorious battles refutes the traditional myth of the Alamo using newly discovered Mexican accounts and forensic evidence.
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Phillip Thomas Tucker
Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD, has authored or edited more than forty books on various aspects of the American experience. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he has three degrees in American history. In 1993, his biography of Father John B. Bannon won the Douglas Southall Freeman Award for best book in Southern history. For more than two decades, he has been a military historian for the U.S. Air Force. He currently lives in the Washington, DC area.
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