With Santa Anna in Texas

With Santa Anna in Texas
Author: José Enrique de la Peña
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1603449337

The discovery of an additional week's worth of entries in the diary of José Enrique de la Peña has opened another chapter in the longstanding controversy over the authenticity of the Mexican officer’s account of the Battle of the Alamo. In this expanded edition of With Santa Anna in Texas, Texas Revolution scholar James E. Crisp, who discovered the new diary entries in an untranslated manuscript version of the journal, discusses the history of the de la Peña diary controversy and presents new evidence in the matter. With the “missing week” and the perspective Crisp provides, the diary should prompt a new round of debate over what really happened at the Alamo. When it was first translated and published in English in 1975 by Carmen Perry, With Santa Anna in Texas unleashed a fury of emotion and an enduring chasm between some scholars and Texans. The journal of de la Peña, an officer on Santa Anna's staff, reported the capture and execution of Davy Crockett and several others and also stated the reason behind Santa Anna's order to make the final assault on Travis and his men. Whether or not scholars agree with de la Peña's assertions, his journal remains one of the most revealing accounts of the Texas Revolution ever to come to light.

The History of Texas

The History of Texas
Author:
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1118617878

The History of Texas is fully revised and updated in this fifth edition to reflect the latest scholarship in its coverage of Texas history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Fully revised to reflect the most recent scholarly findings Offers extensive coverage of twentieth-century Texas history Includes an overview of Texas history up to the Election of 2012 Provides online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more

The Handbook of Texas

The Handbook of Texas
Author: Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1176
Release: 1952
Genre: Texas
ISBN:

Vol. 3: A supplement, edited by Eldon Stephen Branda. Includes bibliographical references.

Giant Under the Hill

Giant Under the Hill
Author: Judith Walker Linsley
Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780876112366

A history of the Spindletop oil discovery at Beaumont, Texas, in 1901.

The French in Texas

The French in Texas
Author: François Lagarde
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2003-04-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 029270528X

Presents original articles that explore the French presence and influence on Texas history, arts, education, religion, and business from the arrival of La Salle in 1685 to 2002.