Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution Barware with a sturdy round base

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walked away from successful careers into the epicenter of the war

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Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution Barware with a sturdy round baseHardly were the last shots fired at the Alamo before the Texas Revolution entered the realm of myth and controversy. French visitor Frederic Gaillardet called it a "Texian Iliad" in 1839, while American Theodore Sedgwick pronounced the war and its resulting legends "almost burlesque." In this highly readable history, Stephen L. Hardin discovers more than a little truth in both of those views. Drawing on many original Texan and Mexican sources and on