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Sleuthing The Alamo Sparknotes

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Daniel Golaszewski
November 11, 2015

Sleuthing the Alamo
Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution

Sleuthing the Alamo by James E. Crisp is a great book that I personally recommend for anyone to read especially the history fanatics. Crisp takes the readers on a adventure to uncover the truth about racism, Sam Houston, David Crockett’s death and the Texas Revolution. James Crisp focus throughout the book is to uncover the truth about the Texas Revolution and how racism was a consequence because of it. He wants to remove the myths from Texas history. Crisp really gets the readers to step into his shoes by explaining the steps he takes to examine the documents. As your reading this book Crisp never leaves a detail …show more content…

Crisp was greatly impacted by the speech because the image of the Sam Houston he had in his mind was not what was presented in the speech. In the speech Sam Houston was being racist to Mexicans calling them “half-Indians” (p.39) instead of being this very courageous and easy friendship with the Indians. Once studied in depth the true facts are presented and Crisps demonstrates that by using other sources to present the true account of history. Crisps research which was shocking the Texas Revolution didn't occur because of language, religion, race, or slavery but rather over disagreement over states rights and local autonomy. When examining documents Crisps found out that Ehrenberg readings about Houston’s recollections in history has been altered in Charlotte Churchills publication of With Milam and Fennin: adventures of a german Boy in Texas. The words Ehrenberg used such as “racist” heart and violent imagery were deleted in Churchills speech in order for students and educators to use the book in class. All of the Angelo -Texan racist comments from Ehrenberg memoir were deleted from Churchills translation. Crisps provides a great understanding how a simple text can be very misleading from the original source. Crisps discusses the diary of Jose Enrique de la Pena a Mexican officer who entered Texas with Santa Anna. The diary contained two different versions one about the daily records

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