Emily D. West And The “Yellow Rose Of Texas” Myth

For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth. 9780786474493 0786474491 277 BOOK History NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=cbjPAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
• | Publisher: Mcfarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Jan 30, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 276 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0786474491
• | ISBN-13: 9780786474493