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For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth.
Phillip Thomas Tucker is a former Department of Defense historian in Washington, D.C. He lives in Davenport, Florida.
Table of ContentsForeword by Mario Marcel SalasPrefaceIntroductionChapter I: Emily D. West, The Popular Myth and LegendChapter II: Emily D. West’s Birth in New HavenChapter III: A New Life and Adventure BeckonsChapter IV: Texas BoundChapter V: Slaughter at the AlamoChapter VI: Muddy Roads Leading to San JacintoChapter VII: Climactic Showdown at San JacintoChapter VIII: Popular Myth-making and the Creation“The Yellow Rose of Texas”Chapter IX: Emily After the Fiery Storm of San JacintoEpilogueChapter NotesBibliographyIndex
“the book is successful at describing the world West lived in as well as the dangers she faced in Texas. Recommended”—Choice; “traces her entire life”—ProtoView.
