Author: Cody Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476778272
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Cody Wilson, a self-described crypto-anarchist and rogue thinker, combines the story of the production of the first ever 3D printable gun with a philosophical manifesto that gets to the heart of the twenty-first century debate over the freedom of information and ideas. Reminiscent of Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman, Cody Wilson has written a philosophical guide through the digital revolution. Deflecting interference from the State Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the story of Defense Distributed -- where Wilson's employees work against all odds to defend liberty and the right to access arms through the production of 3D printed firearms -- takes us across continents, into dusty warehouses and high rise condominiums, through television studios, to the Texas desert, and beyond.
Author: Eric Dick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578851785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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A thrilling story of the pioneering Tumlinson family and their quest westward to Texas, formation of the Texas Rangers, involvement of the Come and Take it cannon, and conflicts of the region with Mexico. The reader is given a detailed account of the bloody Texas Revolution, the Camanche war, and the proud state of Texas.
Author: Marquis James
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292770409
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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A portrait of Houston's diverse careers that sheds light upon his heroism, romanticism, and contributions to the Republic of Texas
Author: Bryan Burrough
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 198488011X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
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A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” —Houston Chronicle Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett and a band of rebels went down in a blaze of glory fighting for independence from Mexico, losing the battle but setting Texas up to win the war. However, that version of events, as Forget the Alamo definitively shows, owes more to fantasy than reality. Just as the site of the Alamo was left in ruins for decades, its story was forgotten and twisted over time, with the contributions of Tejanos--Texans of Mexican origin, who fought alongside the Anglo rebels--scrubbed from the record, and the origin of the conflict over Mexico's push to abolish slavery papered over. Forget the Alamo provocatively explains the true story of the battle against the backdrop of Texas's struggle for independence, then shows how the sausage of myth got made in the Jim Crow South of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As uncomfortable as it may be to hear for some, celebrating the Alamo has long had an echo of celebrating whiteness. In the past forty-some years, waves of revisionists have come at this topic, and at times have made real progress toward a more nuanced and inclusive story that doesn't alienate anyone. But we are not living in one of those times; the fight over the Alamo's meaning has become more pitched than ever in the past few years, even violent, as Texas's future begins to look more and more different from its past. It's the perfect time for a wise and generous-spirited book that shines the bright light of the truth into a place that's gotten awfully dark.
Author: Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
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Vol. 3: A supplement, edited by Eldon Stephen Branda. Includes bibliographical references.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on the Copyright Bill (H.L.) and the Copyright (Amendment) Bill (H.L.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asceticism
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select committee on wages and prices of commodities. [from old catalog]
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Author: Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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