Matamoros and the Texas Revolution /

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The traditional story of the Texas Revolution remembers the Alamo and Goliad but has forgotten Matamoros, the strategic Mexican port city on the turbulent lower Rio Grande. In this book, the author restores the centrality of Matamoros by showing the genuine economic, geographic, social, and military...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roell, Craig H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Denton : Texas State Historical Association, [2013]
Series:Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; no. 23.
Subjects:
Matamoros Expedition > (1835-1836)
1800-1899
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > History > 19th century.
Matamoros Expedition > (1835-1836)
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States Local History.
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > History > 19th century.
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
Texas > Histoire > 1835-1836 (Révolution)
Mexico > Matamoros (Tamaulipas)
Texas.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Matamoros : pearl of great price
  • Envisioning Matamoros : refuge among the estuaries
  • Puerta Matamoros : doorway to Texas, the Gulf ... and the world
  • Patriótica Matamoros : revolution in Texas
  • Planning a brilliant folly : the Texan expedition
  • Judas, scoundrels, wolves, and rascally acquirements
  • Triumphant Matamoros : the Mexican expedition
  • Epilogue : Heróica Matamoros.

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