Run for your lives! : gender and the Runaway Scrape /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	English, Linda, 1969- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Project Muse
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2024]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest.
Subjects:	Women pioneers > Texas, South. Frontier and pioneer life > Texas, South. Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836 > Women. Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836 > Refugees. Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) > Siege, 1836 > Evacuation of civilians. Texas > Histoire > 1835-1836 (Révolution) > Femmes. HISTORY / Women. HISTORY / Military / United States. Evacuation of civilians. Frontier and pioneer life. Women pioneers. South Texas. Texas. Texas > San Antonio. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction. The Runaway Scrape
Sanctity No More: The Building and Burning of Homes
Gendered Confrontations on the Road to Safety
Deserters, Noncombatants, and Criminals: The Fulfillment and Failures of Manly Obligations
Manliness and the Texas Enemy: The Dishonorable and the Depredators
Gendered Heroism: Pamelia Mann and Sam Houston
Conclusion. Remembering the Last Months of the Texas Revolution.