Duel of Eagles - Softcover

Long, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688109675 ISBN 13: 9780688109677

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1991

Synopsis

A look at the battle for Texas presents the dramatic true story of the people, including Bowie, Houston, and Santa Ana, and the events, including the 1836 Alamo siege, on both sides

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey Long, M.D., is a radiation oncologist in Houma, Louisiana, and has appeared on NBC's Today Show, ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, FOX's The O'Reilly Factor, and The Learning Channel. Long has also served on the board of directors of the International Association for Near-Death Studies and established the nonprofit Near Death Experience Research Foundation and the NDERF website.

From Publishers Weekly:

Long states bluntly that the "so-called Texas Revolution was designed only to wrench a huge chunk of Mexican territory free of Mexican control long enough for the United States to annex it." How the Anglo-Americans accomplished it is the subject of this dramatic revisionist look at the 1835-1836 war for Texan independence. The book emphasizes the white revolutionaries' racist contempt for and brutalization of the indigenous population, and the savagery on both sides during the military engagements at Gonzales, the Alamo, Goliad and the decisive victory over Santa Anna's forces at San Jacinto. Sweeping aside stock legends of the war, Long ( Outlaw: The True Story of Claude Dallas ) roasts several famed figures, including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. The commander of the Alamo garrison, William Travis, is portrayed as a syphilitic satyr unfit to lead men in battle. Sam Houston shows up as both an alcoholic and an opium addict. Texans will be outraged. Others are likely to enjoy this brazen debunking of sacred local myths. History Book Club dual main selection. Photos.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0688109675
• ISBN 13: 9780688109677
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 431