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Emily D. West and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" Myth

Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-02-13

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0786474491

For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth.

The Yellow Rose of Texas

Author: Lora-Marie Bernard

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020-01-20

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1439668833

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A journalist searches for the truth behind the traditional folk song, and a free black woman’s role in the Texas Revolution. 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, and the true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but in this book 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. Includes illustrations

Women and the Texas Revolution

Author: Mary L. Scheer

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1574414690

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"Historically, wars and revolutions have offered politically and socially disadvantaged people the opportunity to contribute to the nation (or cause) in exchange for future expanded rights. Although shorter than most conflicts, the Texas Revolution nonetheless profoundly affected not only the leaders and armies, but the survivors, especially women, who endured those tumultuous events and whose lives were altered by the accompanying political, social, and economic changes.

Emily, the Yellow Rose

Author: Anita Richmond Bunkley

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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A myth about the woman that was told to be the reason for the song the Yellow Rose of Texas.

Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas, The: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards

Author: Lora-Marie Bernard

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467117870

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"After Monroe Edwards died in Sing Sing prison in 1847, penny dreadfuls memorialized him as the most celebrated American forger until the turn of the century. With a bizarre biography too complicated for easy history, his critical contributions to Texas settlement, revolution and annexation were inextricably mired in his activities as a slave smuggler and confidence man. Author Lora-Marie Bernard unravels the unbelievable story of one of the most notorious criminal adventurers ever to set foot on the soil of the Lone Star State." -- From cover.

The Juiciest Story in Texas History

Author: James Lutzweiler

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Making Myth of Emily

Author: Denise McVea

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780977346509

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For years, historians have talked about two women connected to the Yellow Rose of Texas legend: Emily West, the beautiful mulatto servant who allegedly distracted Mexican general Santa Anna to help win the Texas Revolution; and Emily West de Zavala, the rich white woman who employed her.But were there really two like-named women, one white and one black, so close to the San Jacinto battlefield in April 1836?Making Myth of Emily takes an unorthodox look behind this enduring legend and details how the Yellow Rose of Texas myth resulted from determined efforts to hide the racial identity of Emily West de Zavala. In compelling detail, Myth shows that Emily, the wife of Texas ? interim vice-president, was beautiful, cultured, well-traveled, wealthy?and black.Emily?s story, painstakingly recreated from thousands of historical documents and family records, reveals the need for more diverse interpretations of Texas? vast anecdotal past.

Emily D. West and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" Myth

Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-02-07

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1476613281

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Yellow Rose of Texas, The: The Song, the Legend and Emily D. West

Author: Lora-Marie Bernard

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1467142573

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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. The true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the manipulative tales that grew up around it. Author Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionst riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution.

The Yellow Rose

Author: Bob Stewart

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781625263216

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Historically, "yellow rose" was a term for a pretty mulatto woman. Also historically, the original Yellow Rose of Texas was one Emily West, and her story is intertwined in song and legend with the Texas Revolution of 1836. That series of battles, led by Sam Houston, made Texas a republic, its own country. A historical event unique among the fifty states. The Yellow Rose, is set during the revolution and supposes that Emily and Sam not only collaborated in certain incidents that gave the Texans victory, but became romantically involved. The novel mixes legend with fact. No one knows for sure if our Emily met Sam Houston or if she participated in the revolution at all. On the other hand, no one has proved the contrary. So, The Yellow Rose asks the question: What if . . .