Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 653 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Mexiko vor 1835 = Mexico Before 1835 -- Prelude to Revolution: The Black Legend, the Missing Blacks, and the Reality of Indian Power in Texas -- New-Orleans = New Orleans -- What Ehrenberg Tells Us, and What He Doesn't -- Nacogdoches = Nacogdoches -- Political Intrigue in the House of the Squire -- Das Coffee-House = The Coffee-House -- Walpurgisnacht in Mexican Nacogdoches -- Das Ehrenmahl = The Banquet -- Ein Ehrenmahl for Ehrenberg -- Der Marsch nach San Antonio = The March to San Antonio -- An Excursion across Central Texas, and into Comanche Country -- Der Prärie-Brand = The Prairie Fire -- Creatures of the Prairie Night -- Das Lager der Miliz = The Camp of the Militia -- The Dilemmas of a Democratic Army -- Die Ueberrumpelung = The Surprise Attack -- In This Street-Fight, Stay Off of the Streets! -- San Antonio = San Antonio -- In the Land of the Frenemies; or, "Who Are the Mexicans?" -- Der Aufbruch nach Matamoras = Departure for Matamoros -- Mixed Messages from Sam Houston's Speechwriter -- Fannin's Landung = Fannin Comes Ashore -- Five Friends Go to the Beach (and Vote for Independence) -- Die Eröffnung des Kampfes im Jahre 1836 = The Campaign of 1836 Begins -- When Disasters Strike -- Der 2. März 1836 = March 2, 1836 -- A Republic, if You Can Keep It! -- Der Fall der Alamo = The Fall of the Alamo -- The Texas Creation Myth -- Die Schlacht von Coleto = The Battle of Coleto -- The Fog of War; or, Don't Believe Everything You Read -- Die Gefangenschaf = Captivity -- The Lives of the Prisoners -- Die Ermordung der Gefangenen = The Murder of the Prisoners -The Bitter Climax -- Fannin's Tod = Fannin's Death -- O Captain! My Captain! -- Die Flucht durch die Wildniss = The Flight Through the Wilderness -- All Alone on the Crowded Prairie -- Die Colonien = The Colonies -- Herman Finds the Mexican Army -- and Vice Versa -- Urrea's Lager = Urrea's Camp -- Truth or Dare? -- Der alte Sam = Old Sam -- Travis, Houston, and Scherpf -- An der Colorado = At the Colorado -- The Indispensable Man -- Die Amnestie = The Amnesty -- When Truth is Stranger than Fiction -- Der Zug nach Matagorda = The March to Matagorda -- Tracking Ehrenberg by Following the Mexicans -- Matagorda = Matagorda -- Matagorda, Then and Now -- San Jacinto = San Jacinto -- Santa Anna's Final March: Looting, Burning, and Losing It All -- Die Retirade = The Retreat -- The Imaginary Texans -- Fort von der freien, souverainen Prärie! = "Begone from the Free, Sovereign Prairie!" -- The Mexican Death-March, and a Texan Triumph, Toasted with Milk -- Der Fang des Rheinpreussen = The Capture of the Rhine-Prussian -- The Return of Colonel Holzinger (and of John Adams) -- Santa Anna = Santa Anna -- Face to Face with El Presidente? -- Santa Anna's Versuch zur Flucht = Santa Anna's Escape Attempt -- Plot, or Scam? -- Schluss = Conclusion -- Proud Citizen of the Republic -- Epilogue: a full life-cut short -- Coda -- Appendix: Ehrenberg's Texas land grants |
Summary |
"Herman Ehrenberg wrote the longest, most complete, and most vivid memoir of any soldier in the Texan revolutionary army"-- Provided by publisher |
Notes |
Memoir first published in German: Leipzig : Otto Wigand, 1843, under title: Texas und seine Revolution; in 1844, under title: Der Freiheitskampf in Texas im Jahre 1836; in 1845, under title: Fahrten und Schicksale eines Deutschen im Texas |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 29, 2021) |
Subject |
Ehrenberg, Herman, 1816-1866 -- Translations into English -- History and criticism
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SUBJECT |
Ehrenberg, Herman, 1816-1866 -- Translations into English -- History and criticism
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Ehrenberg, Herman, 1816-1866 fast |
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German Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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German Americans
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SUBJECT |
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Personal narratives, German
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Texas
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West United States
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Crisp, James E., 1946- editor.
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Brister, Louis E. (Louis Edwin), 1938- editor, translator.
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Kearney, James C., 1946- translator.
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LC no. |
2020057484 |
ISBN |
9781625110633 |
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1625110634 |
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