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Should We Really 'Forget' the Alamo? Texas Publisher Fact-Checks Controversial Alamo Book's Key Claims


The new book
Forget the Alamo is causing a stir in Texas. Lavished with friendly coverage in media nationwide and in particular at the
San Antonio Express-News, the book makes sensational claims and also covers ground that’s been known to historians and Alamo scholars for decades as if it’s a grand new revelation. It wasn’t written by historians or peer-reviewed before publication. But that hasn’t mattered to its public relations and marketing. The
San Antonio Express-News uses the book’s claims to bash the Alamo and its defenders nearly every day. This prompted me to ask whether the Alamo City hates the Alamo last week. ....

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