The Alamo Story: From Fact to Fable Author(s): Perry McWilliams Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of the Folklore Institute‚ Vol. 15‚ No. 3 (Sep. - Dec.‚ 1978)‚ pp. 221-233 Published by: Indiana University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3813977 . Accessed: 09/01/2012 21:51 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars
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In the movie series the Pirates of the Caribbean most of the information is historically accurate. Jack Sparrow is based on many pirates that would have plundered ships carrying goods through the Caribbean. The weapons used were the same kind of guns that would have been used by real pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most pirates had a pirate code to keep order with the crew Jack Sparrow also had this kind of pirate code. He was more generous then most pirates because he gave everyone the same
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"A boy is a man in miniature‚ although he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue… he is also schemer‚ self-seeker‚ traitor‚ Judas‚ crook‚ and villain - in short‚ a man." (Davies 9). The theme of being twice born is prevalent through the novel Fifth Business and is strongly demonstrated by the characters‚ Dunny‚ Percy and Paul. All three change their names‚ deny their past and become what their parents could never have imagined. Consequently‚ at the end of the novel‚ the characters come full circle
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prison‚ but it is his only chance to free her. Jack Sparrow is a cursed pirate. He has made a deal with Davy Jones‚ the captain of the Flying Dutchmen. If Davy Jones would raise the Black Pearl from the bottom of the ocean‚ Jack Sparrow had thirteen years to captain it. After thirteen years‚ Jack Sparrow must give Davy Jones his soul. It has been thirteen years‚ and Davy Jones wants to collect. Davy Jones can only go on land once every ten years‚ so Jack Sparrow knows that land is the place where he
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MICHAEL FARADY is the source of inspiration to people who think that higher education is absolutely necessary to be a renowned scientist like Faraday. This is not so! To support this argument Michael Faraday is the perfect example. Faraday didn’t receive a formal education‚ yet through the dint of hard work and sheer determination he became one of the 19’Th Century. Michael Faraday belonged to the poor family of a blacksmith. His parents were so poor that they were not able to send Faraday to
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The book I chose for my report is Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution by James E. Crisp. In my book‚ Crisp follows the Texas Revolution along with the battle at the Alamo which took place between 1835 and 1836. He tackles the questions of why and how myths are made and shows how the environment around someone can influence attitudes that people develop about certain historical events. Crisp also challenges are beliefs of history and wants us
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His political career begins to take off as he is asked by Andrew Jackson to run for Congress. While he is on tour‚ the Indian Removal Act is in the process of being passed by Congress. Davy returns just in time to deliver a powerful speech that would ultimately mean the end of his political career. Davy and George head west toward Texas. They meet up with a river boat gambler as well as a Comanche Indian who accompany them. They make it to the Alamo where Crockett meets Colonel William Travis
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tickets to a series of lectures by a famous British scientist‚ Sir Humphry Davy‚ in 1812. The lectures convinced Faraday that his future lay in science. What he wanted most was to work for Davy. He had taken detailed notes on Davy’s lectures. Carefully he copied the notes‚ bound them into a booklet‚ and sent them to Sir Humphry. In the spring of 1813‚ Davy hired Faraday as a laboratory assistant. That fall‚ Davy set out to visit some European scientists. He took Faraday along as his secretary
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its boiling point is at 2550°C Boron was discovered by an American and two French chemists. When and how it was discovered It was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy‚ J.L Gay-Lassac and Louis Jacques Thérnard in June 1808. It wasn’t recognized as an element until Sir Humphry Davy did its first isolation in July 1808. At first Sir Humphry Davy tried to create Boron by electrolysis of Borax‚ but in the end he decided to mix boric acid with potassium in a place where there was more hydrogen and he was
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Joseph Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist‚ born at St. Léonard‚ in the department of Haute Vienne‚ on the 6th of December 1778. He was the elder son of Antoine Gay‚ procureur du roi and judge at Pont-de-Noblac‚ who assumed the name Lussac from a small property he had in the neighborhood of St. Léonard. Young Gay-Lussac received his early education at home under the direction of the abbé Bourdieux and other masters‚ and in 1794 was sent to Paris to prepare for the École Polytechnique‚ into
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