John Wayne's Alamo Christopher M Smallbone, January 2014
What excites me about history is that when you scratch beneath the surface you often come up with surprising conclusions. The history of the Myth of the Alamo is no exception. My book is now available from the Amazon store.
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Non Fiction
John Wayne's Alamo Christopher M Smallbone, January 2014
History
Massacre on the Bend of the Marias River 1870
Film
Little Big Man
Arthur Penn, 1970
Fiction
Fools Crow
James Welch, 1986
History
The Allotment Act 1887 (Dawes Act) and Assimilation
Film
The Ride Back
Allen H Miner, 1957
Non Fiction
Great Plains Ian Frazier, 1989
Non Fiction
Native Americans in the Movies Edward Buscombe, 2006
Film
Fort Apache
John Ford, 1948
Film
My Darling Clementine John Ford, 1946
Film
Comanche Station
Budd Boetticher, 1960
Non Fiction
Killing Custer James Welch with Paul Stekler, 1994
