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SEA OF MUD Dimmick SANTA ANNA RETREAT AFTER SAN JACINTO Texas Independence Book
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eBay item number:371668991988
Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Like new condition SIGNED”
- Special Attributes
- Illustrated, Signed
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780876112151
- Book Title
- Sea of Mud : the Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, an Archeological Investigation
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Texas STATE Historical Association
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Latin America / Mexico, Archaeology, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 386 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Two forgotten weeks in 1836 and one of the most consequential events of the entire Texas Revolution have been missing from the historical record--the tale of the Mexican army's misfortunes in the aptly named "Sea of Mud," where more than 2,500 Mexican soldiers and 1,500 female camp followers foundered in the muddy fields of what is now Wharton County, Texas. In 1996 a pediatrician and "avocational archeologist" living in Wharton, Texas, decided to try to find evidence in Wharton County of the Mexican army of 1836. Following some preliminary research at the Wharton County Junior College Library, he focused his search on the area between the San Bernard and West Bernard rivers. Within two weeks after beginning the search for artifacts, a Mexican army site was discovered, and, with the help of the Houston Archeological Society, excavated. Then began the archival exploration of the history behind the archeology, the contacting of historians with expertise in that period, and even the learning of Spanish so that the original source documents could be studied. The result is an amazing tour de force for a doctor who was "adept at circumcisions, spinal taps, and treating asthma but . . . knew next to nothing about Texas history." One of those consulted in the course of this work was noted historian Professor James E. Crisp of North Carolina State University, who calls the author a "natural historian" and describes Dimmick's findings as "a story which rivals the miracle of San Jacinto in importance . . . a remarkably complete account of what happened to the main force of the Mexican army between April 21 and the second week of May, 1836 . . . a few days within which] an orderly Mexican withdrawal to a defensive position within Texas turned into an unmitigated disaster which sealed the fate of the Mexican campaign." The movements of the Mexican army during the two-week period from April 21 to May 9, 1836, are followed in meticulous detail, based on the full scope of published and unpublished sources, many of which appear here in English, and in their entirety, for the first time. The actions of Mexican generals Vicente Filisola and Jos de Urrea and the bitter rivalry between them are presented in their own words, from their letters and diaries. And this is only half the story. The author and his "digging buddies" have located many actual artifacts dropped or discarded in the mud by Mexican soldados more than 165 years ago. Thousands of hours excavating in the Sea of Mud ( El Mar de Lodo ) have produced hundreds of items (many pictured and described in the book) along with the army's trail--munitions, arms, uniform fragments, and personal items--all serving to paint a more accurate picture than we have heretofore had of Santa Anna's army and its response to his order to retreat. All in all, this is a breathtaking accomplishment in historical and archeological investigation and a book that will henceforth be a standard reference for those studying the 1836 campaign in Texas.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Texas STATE Historical Association
ISBN-10
0876112157
ISBN-13
9780876112151
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50934054
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sea of Mud : the Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, an Archeological Investigation
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Latin America / Mexico, Archaeology, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Publication Year
2006
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
386 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
20 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F390.D55 2004
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-271290
Dewey Decimal
976.4/141
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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