New York, NY Free Press 2001 Hard cover Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. A Line In The Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory by Randy Roberts (Author), James S. Olson (Author). Hardcover IN CELL WRAPPED DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD EX-LIBRARY-COPYRIGHT 2001-BOOK... A Line In The Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory by Randy Roberts (Author), James S. Olson (Author). Hardcover IN CELL WRAPPED DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD EX-LIBRARY-COPYRIGHT 2001-BOOK SIZE 9 1/2 X 6 1/2 Free Press; Language ‏ : ‎ English... A Line In The Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory by Randy Roberts (Author), James S. Olson (Author). Hardcover IN CELL WRAPPED DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD EX-LIBRARY-COPYRIGHT 2001-BOOK SIZE 9 1/2 X 6 1/2 Free Press; Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 356 pages...In John Wayne, American, the authors brilliantly explicated the American myths embodied by Wayne as much as they shed light on the man himself. This book does the same thing, but for a less directly anthropomorphic metaphor: the Battle of the Alamo. Roberts and Olson, historians at Purdue and Sam Houston State respectively, do not think the Texas Revolution of 1836 was motivated by racism and ethnocentrism, as many recent scholars do, but find it legitimately rooted in conflicting views of political freedom and individual rights. The Texans' rebellion against Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had many contemporary counterparts elsewhere ...

New York, NY Free Press 2001 First edition. First Edition Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 368 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Free Press, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near. 1st Edition, Number line counts to 1. Ex-Library book with library marks, otherwise clean and unmarked. DJ covered in protective mylar. H014 Acclaimed historians use a wealth of archival sources, including the diary of José Enrique de la Peña, along with important and little-used Mexican documents, to retell the story of the Alamo for a new generation of Americans. Hardcover. Original jacket.