MICHAEL BRADLEY

It is not very often that I offer up my blog to another author for the day. But recently, I was given the opportunity to read an advanced copy of a book to which I became utterly obsessed, and I wanted to highlight, not only the book but the author as well. Carla Conti Carla Conti is an award-winning true crime author, whose latest book, THE JACKLIGHTER: MURDER, BETRAYAL, AND JUSTICE IN PENNSYLVANIA'S ENDLESS MOUTAINS just released. This book retells the true story of the 197

FORGET THE ALAMO: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN MYTH by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford, is a lively, provocative, and highly readable reconsideration of one of America’s most familiar historical legends. Rather than simply retelling the 1836 battle, the authors examine how the Alamo became a powerful Texas creation myth—and what was lost as that myth hardened into accepted history. FORGET THE ALAMO by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tolimnson, and Jason Stanford