Matamoros and the Texas Revolution

Matamoros and the Texas Revolution / by Craig H. Roell.

The traditional story of the Texas Revolution remembers the Alamo and Goliad but has forgotten Matamoros, the strategic Mexican port city on the turbulent lower Rio Grande. In this book, the author restores the centrality of Matamoros by showing the genuine economic, geographic, social, and military...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roell, Craig H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton : Texas State Historical Association, [2013]
Series:Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; no. 23.
Subjects:
Matamoros Expedition > (1835-1836)
1800-1899
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States Local History.
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > History > 19th century.
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
Mexico > Matamoros (Tamaulipas)
Texas
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Matamoros : pearl of great price
  • Envisioning Matamoros : refuge among the estuaries
  • Puerta Matamoros : doorway to Texas, the Gulf ... and the world
  • Patriótica Matamoros : revolution in Texas
  • Planning a brilliant folly : the Texan expedition
  • Judas, scoundrels, wolves, and rascally acquirements
  • Triumphant Matamoros : the Mexican expedition
  • Epilogue : Heróica Matamoros.

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