MISREMEMBERING THE ALAMO.

BATTLES; SIEGES; WAR films; MILITARY history; MOTION pictures; HANCOCK, John Lee, 1956-; ALAMO, The (Film); THOMPSON, Frank T., 1952-; ALAMO Movies (Book); FORTIFICATION -- Texas; COMBAT; MILITARY art & science; MOTION picture industry; WAR; SLAVERY

Focuses on the legendary battle of the Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas. Depiction of the battle in motion pictures, including John Lee Hancock's "The Alamo"; Comments of Frank Thompson, author of "Alamo Movies"; Misleading aspects of the Alamo stories; Speculation on the volunteers' motives for fighting; Issue of slavery.