How Did Davy Die? and Why Do We Care So Much?

Informationen zum Autor Dan Kilgore (1921-1995) was a Certified Public Accountant and acclaimed amateur historian residing in Corpus Christi. He served as president of the Texas State Historical Association from 1976 to 1977 and was elected a Fellow of the TSHA in 1991. James E. Crisp is associate professor and assistant head of the Department of History at North Carolina State University. He contributed previously unpublished material and wrote an introduction to the expanded edition of Carmen Perry's translation of the De la Peña diary, With Santa Anna in Texas , published by Texas A&M University Press in 1997. Klappentext Soon after the publication of ""How Did Davy Die?"", the ""London Daily Mail"" associated Kilgore with 'the murder of a myth'; he became the subject of articles in ""Texas Monthly"" and the ""Wall Street Journal"". This title reviews the origins and subsequent impact of Kilgore's book, both on the historical hullabaloo and on the author. Zusammenfassung Soon after the publication of ""How Did Davy Die?""! the ""London Daily Mail"" associated Kilgore with 'the murder of a myth'; he became the subject of articles in ""Texas Monthly"" and the ""Wall Street Journal"". This title reviews the origins and subsequent impact of Kilgore's book! both on the historical hullabaloo and on the author.

Product details

• Authors: James E Crisp, James E. Crisp, Dan Kilgore, Dan/ Crisp Kilgore
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2010
• EAN: 9781603441940
• ISBN: 978-1-60344-194-0
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer Seri; Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest; Elma Dill Russell Spencer Seri
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous