NPR's Fresh Air: 'Forget The Alamo' Author Says We Have The Texas Origin Story All Wrong

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4. I caught maybe half of that very interesting interview with one of the authors.

I spent a part of 5th and all of 6th grade in the Texas Public School system. To this day, I cannot believe the constant propaganda of Texas history we were all forced to endure, everyday. Always it was Texas this, Alamo that, Sam Houston this, Texas could do no wrong, etc., ad nauseum, to the exclusion of most everything else. Within a day of starting school down there, I learned adults were always addressed as "Mam" or "Sir" and one never, ever questioned the superiority of Texas as a state. Fights with classmates or swats from teachers were sure to follow if you rocked that Texas Pride narrative too much. Damn, I hated that place.

This new book should be a refreshing perspective to the indoctrination I was exposed to and I look forward to upsetting some long held, false beliefs.