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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Good question. I've downloaded the book, but haven't had a chance to read it--won't have a chance for a while. But, I'll try to skim it in the next few days.
If it is very biased, I'm not going to encourage anyone else to obtain it or even mention it to anyone. Such stuff is an embarrassment to the United States and almost literally sickens me. I mean stuff like how the American government STOLE land from the native Americans/indigenous people ("Indians"), STOLE land from the Mexicans, and STOLE land from numerous others. Not to mention that they slaughtered large numbers of the people.
As far as the Alamo is concerned (I had to look this up, I'm not this smart), it is a National Historic Landmark. The Alamo building was controlled by the state of Texas, but "In early 2015, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush officially removed control of the Alamo to the Texas General Land Office." (Wikipedia). The TGLC, from what I gather, is almost certainly a private organization.
Frankly, I'm sure that if the federal government ran it, it would be much less sympathetic to the Texas Revolution--maybe not sympathetic at all. Being run by Texans (and I'm no Texas-hater--I've posted several ebooks that encourage people to visit there, have several dear friends who are Texans, etc.--this is just the truth.), however, I can see how it would be biased in favor of it.
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Native Texan here.
. I got that book too, but haven't looked at it.