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Alamo History Telling & Myth Busting with Jason Stanford

Tune in to hear Shawn and Ryan break things down with Jason Stanford, co-author of New York Times bestselling book, Forget the Alamo. Stanford discusses how he and co-authors Bryan Burrough and Chris Tomlinson came to write this historical piece and the most recent events that led to its flying off library shelves.

If youâre still waiting for your copy, Forget the Alamo challenges misconceptions of Texasâs past and the fight for independence aka what all kids in Texas learn in 7th grade history class. On Deconstructing Dallas, myth-buster and history buff Jason Stanford dives into how some of these myths were created and the politics enforcing them, what it means to teach our kids history as good and bad, and the fight that he and Forget the Alamo is a part of today.

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Deconstructing Dallas

enJuly 27, 2021

"Forget The Alamo" Authors Bryan Burrough & Jason Stanford

FORGET THE ALAMO?
Not in this lifetime, Bubba! Ho, ho!
Best selling authors Bryan Burrough and Jason Stanford join us this week to discuss their new lightning rod-cum-New York Times Notable book for the month of June “Forget The Alamo.”
Stanford and Burrough (along with third author Chris Tomlinson, who had a scheduling conflict) discuss the factors that led them to write their book, the differences between The Heroic Anglo
Narrative and historical truths, and how The Alamo is shorthand for deep seated pain and racism for many of their Tejano brothers.
The book is thoroughly sourced, well written, and thought provoking – if you read it, you’ll be taken by many of their descriptions of the battle of the Alamo, and the brutality of life on The Frontier, and the making of Texas as an independent nation and as a state. It’s a complicated story that has been simplified into something like a biblical parable – and no
one ever gets mad about what’s in The Bible do they?
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