Emily D. West and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" myth / Phillip Thomas Tucker ; foreword by Mario Marcel Salas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476613284 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Emily D. West and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" myth.DDC classification:
  • 976.4/04092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • F390.W47 T83 2014eb
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Contents:
Emily D. West, the popular myth and legend -- Emily D. West's birth in New Haven -- A new life and adventure beckons -- Texas bound -- Slaughter at the Alamo -- Muddy roads leading to San Jacinto -- Climactic showdown at San Jacinto -- Popular myth-making and the creation of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" -- Emily after the fiery storm of San Jacinto -- Epilogue.
Scope and content: "The real Yellow Rose was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free Black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This is the first full-length biography of her--which explores the evolution of one of the most popular myths in American, Texas and Western history"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emily D. West, the popular myth and legend -- Emily D. West's birth in New Haven -- A new life and adventure beckons -- Texas bound -- Slaughter at the Alamo -- Muddy roads leading to San Jacinto -- Climactic showdown at San Jacinto -- Popular myth-making and the creation of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" -- Emily after the fiery storm of San Jacinto -- Epilogue.

"The real Yellow Rose was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free Black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This is the first full-length biography of her--which explores the evolution of one of the most popular myths in American, Texas and Western history"-- Provided by publisher.

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