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The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Song, the Legend and Emily D. West

By: Lora-Marie Bernard

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The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Song, the Legend and Emily D. West

By: Lora-Marie Bernard

A journalist searches for the truth behind the traditional folk song, and a free black woman’s role in the Texas Revolution. The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple, and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfully muddled fact with fable in song, and the true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but in this book Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionist riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution. A Lone Star native who grew up immersed in the Yellow Rose legend, Bernard also traces other stories that legend has obscured, including the connection between Emily D. West and plans for a free black colony in Texas. Includes illustrations

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148

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Arcadia Publishing

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ISBN 10

1439668833

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9781439668832

The Texas Archive War

Houston and Lamar Battle for the Capital

By: Lora-Marie Bernard

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The Texas Archive War

Houston and Lamar Battle for the Capital

By: Lora-Marie Bernard

Often relegated to a footnote, the Archive War almost plunged the Republic of Texas into civil war. Houston's Archive War began with the Texas Revolution, as the spoils of the battlefield gave way to bitter political strife. Sam Houston didn't expect a two-year standoff with Austin residents over the location of the new republic's capital. But if a few things had gone differently, his attempt to shift the seat of government back to the city named after him could have ended with Austin residents in outright rebellion. As it was, the feud between Lamar and Houston over the seat of government escalated into cannon-fire and continued until Texas was a Republic no more. Author Lora-Marie Bernard thumbs through the incendiary files of the Texas Archive War.

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160

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Arcadia Publishing

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1540260003

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9781540260000

The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards

By: Lora-Marie Bernard

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The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards

By: Lora-Marie Bernard

After Monroe Edwards died in Sing Sing prison in 1847, penny dreadfuls memorialized him as the most celebrated American forger until the turn of the century. With a bizarre biography too complicated for easy history, his critical contributions to Texas settlement, revolution and annexation were inextricably mired in his activities as a slave smuggler and confidence man. Author Lora-Marie Bernard unravels the unbelievable story of one of the most notorious criminal adventurers ever to set foot on the soil of the Lone Star State.

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1625855621

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9781625855626

Book's by Lora-Marie Bernard

The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Texas Archive War

The Texas Archive War

The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards

The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards

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