Lt. Gov. Patrick calls for a Forget the Alamo panel, Author suspects debunking effort Jordan Bontke
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The Texas Lt. Governor looks to challenge the book ‘Forget the Alamo’ with a panel hosted by the University of Texas but one of the authors suspects it could be an attempt to just debunk the book.
When Lt. Governor Dan Patrick tweeted he was the one who called for the Bullock Museum to cancel a discussion over the book ‘Forget the Alamo’ calling it “fact-free,” interest in the book that challenges traditional Texas history beliefs shot it up to number eleven on the New York Times non-fiction hard backlist, earlier this week.
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Dan Patrick suggests Forget the Alamo event with expert panel
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Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, from front, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, and General Land Commissioner George P. Bush ascend the stairs to unveil the 18-Pound cannon as state and local officials gathered for the unveiling of a new outdoor 18-Pounder Losoya House Exhibit in Alamo Plaza on Friday, April 16, 2021.Marvin Pfeiffer, San Antonio Express-News / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth Hardcover - June 8, 2021, by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason StanfordHandoutShow MoreShow Less
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After the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum’s withdrawal, the authors of “Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth” will reschedule an online discussionis.NELLIE DONEVA, MBR / APShow MoreShow Less
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.