Sleuthing the Alamo
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About this interview
In Sleuthing the Alamo, historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of myth-making to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution — truths that are often obscured by both racism and political correctness. This engaging first-person account of historical detective work illuminates the methods of the serious historian who searches for the more complex truths behind the glorious myths.
Learn more
- Check out Sleuthing the Alamo from the SWOSU Library
- Preview Sleuthing the Alamo on Google Books
- Briscoe Center for American History at UT-Austin
- Sleuthing the Alamo companion site from Oxford Univ. Press
- The Battle of the Alamo from the Texas State Library and Archives
Credits
- Topic: Sleuthing the Alamo (ISBN: 978-0195163506)
- Author(s)/Performer(s): James E. Crisp
- Interviewee: Leland Turner
- Interviewer: Frederic Murray
- Recording Engineer: Brandon Schwartz
- Length: 00:33:57 (hh:mm:ss)
- Recorded: September 9, 2011