Matamoros and the Texas revolution / by Craig H. Roell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roell, Craig H.

Series:

Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; no. 23.

Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series ; Volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--History--19th century.

Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico).

Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.

Texas.

Matamoros Expedition (1835-1836).

Matamoros Expedition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Place of Publication:

Denton, Tex. : Texas State Historical Association, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The traditional story of the Texas Revolution remembers the Alamo and Goliad but has forgotten Matamoros, the strategic Mexican port city on the turbulent lower Rio Grande. In this provocative book, Craig Roell restores the centrality of Matamoros by showing the genuine economic, geographic, social, and military value of the city to Mexican and Texas history.Given that Matamoros served the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Texas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, and Durango, the city's strategic location and considerable trade revenues were crucial. Roell provides a

Contents:

Introducing Matamoros: pearl of great price

Envisioning Matamoros: refuge among the estuaries

Puerta Matamoros: doorway to Texas, the Gulf . . . and the world

Patriótica Matamoros: revolution in Texas

Planning a brilliant folly: the Texan expedition

Judas, scoundrels, wolves, and rascally acquirements

Triumphant Matamoros: the Mexican expedition

Epilogue: Heróica Matamoros.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2013).

ISBN:

0-87611-266-1

OCLC:

857404621