"We must make certain that the information being put forward at state-sponsored events is well-researched and based in fact," Patrick said. "That is not the case with Forget the Alamo, which has been debunked by a number of professional historians who point to the book's shoddy research and selective use of facts."
"Slavery was the undeniable linchpin of all of this," author Bryan Burrough said in an interview with National Public Radio. "It was the thing that the two sides had been arguing about and shooting about for going on 15 years. And yet it still surprises me that slavery went unexamined for so long."