Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory

by Emma Pérez

Book Overview

Runner-up, Best Historical Fiction in English, Latino Book Awards Competition, 2010

This literary adventure takes place in nineteenth-century Texas and follows the story of a Tejana lesbian cowgirl after the fall of the Alamo. Micaela Campos, the central character, witnesses the violence against Mexicans, African Americans, and indigenous peoples after the infamous battles of the Alamo and of San Jacinto, both in 1836. Resisting an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292721285
• ISBN13: 9780292721289
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"