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The Yellow Rose of Texas: The Song, the Legend and Emily D. West
Author(s): Lora-Marie Bernard (Author), James Glover (Foreword)
- Publisher: The History Press
- Publication Date: January 20, 2020
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 1467142573
- ISBN-13: 9781467142571
Book Description
The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfully muddled fact with fable in song. The true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the manipulative tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but author Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionist riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution. A Lone Star native who grew up immersed in the Yellow Rose legend, Bernard also traces other stories that legend has obscured, including the connection between Emily D. West and plans for a free black colony in Texas.
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About the Author
Lora-Marie Bernard is an award-winning Texas journalist and author whose books focus on great Lone Star stories sifted through a modern lens. She earned her undergraduate degree in journalism at the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. She earned her master’s degree in extension studies at Harvard University, where she studied journalism and museum studies.
