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By 1850, the frontier settlement of San Antonio had seen more than its share of hardships, Indians attacks, rebellions, and repeated military occupations. These events all marked the towns recent past. In 1854, though, the editor of the Alamo Star felt confident enough in the town's progress to announce that the embattled outpost would soon be known as the "Queen of the West." The Star, of course, capitalized on the name of the town's most famous landmark--the Alamo. Although historians have written about the battle and the town, no one has yet adequately explained how they are connected to each other. A deeper look at the development of San Antonio shows that it was not only the site of the Battle of the Alamo, it was the center of much of the history of Spain, Mexico, Texas, and the United States. --

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Mansions --- Architecture --- History. --- Conservation and restoration --- Argyle (San Antonio, Tex. : Building) --- Argyle Hotel (San Antonio, Tex.) --- Argyle (Club : San Antonio, Tex.) --- Texas Biomedical Research Institute. --- San Antonio (Tex.) --- Buildings, structures, etc.

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When Phil Collins was a kid growing up in a London suburb, he would often watch an amazing show on his family television. There, in black and white, was Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier. As he matured, Collins not only acted out the exploits of his new hero, but he often refought the Battle of the Alamo with his toy soldiers. Even though music came to dominate his life, it was this love of history--and Davy Crockett and the Alamo in particular--that was always near by. On one musical tour, Collins encountered his first David Crockett autograph--for sale at a store called the Gallery of History. "I didn't know this stuff was out there, that you could own it," the rock-n-roll legend said. "It had never occurred to him. Later, he received a birthday-present that would change his life: a receipt for a saddle signed by an Alamo defender. From that point forward, the drummer began building his impressive Alamo and Texas Revolution collection. Here, for the first time in history, are the artifacts, relics, and documents that compose the Phil Collins collection, available in a beautifully designed color book shot-through with stunning photography and crisply rendered illustrations. Collins?s prose takes the reader through the joys of being a collector as he lovingly describes what each piece in this impressive assemblage means to him. Photographer Ben Powell of Austin brought these items to vivid relief, and artist Gary Zaboly?s masterful pen-and-ink drawings breath life into the items. Essays by Texas historians Bruce Winders, Don Frazier, and Stephen Hardin provide the historical background to the collection and help make this into a work of art that also serves handily as a serious research tool.--Amazon.com.

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Crockett, Davy, --- Kilgore, Dan, --- Death and burial. --- Influence. --- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) --- Texas --- Siege, 1836. --- Historiography.

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Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861

Mexican Americans --- Ethnic identity. --- History --- Cultural assimilation --- San Antonio (Tex.) --- Ethnic relations