In 1836, west of the Mississippi was considered the Wild
West, and the Texas frontier was viewed as hell on earth. Crushed from the
outside by Mexican armadas and attacked from within by ferocious Comanche
tribes, no one was safe.
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The History Channel’s Texas
Rising, a 10-hour event series airing this week and starring headliners
such as Bill Paxton, Brendan Frazier, and Ray Liotta, dramatizes events
following the Alamo’s fall. The series premiered Memorial Day to 4.1 million viewers.
Click here to watch a clip: https://www.whipclip.com/video/82fez
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For a more detailed narrative and analysis of the aftermath
of the Alamo politically and militarily, check out Lone Star Rising: The Revolutionary Birth of
the Texas Republic by William C. Davis. Use code 25A to purchase the
book on the Texas A&M University Press website (www.tamupress.com) or call toll-free
800-826-8911 for a limited-time 25% discount.
First published in hardback in 2004 by Texas A&M
University Press, Davis etches the characters of Sam Houston, Stephen F.
Austin, and General Santa Anna – and the cultures they represented – in sharp
and very human relief, as they carved out the republic whose Lone Star rose in
1836 and changed the course of a continent.
Davis, author of more than 40 books including Three Roads to
the Alamo, is professor of history and director of programs for the Virginia
Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech.
