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SAN ANTONIO -- Author James Donovan's new book offers a new perspective on Battle of the Alamo. Donovan gives insight into what Davy Crockett, William Travis, and Jim Bowie were really like. He talks about Crockett as very funny, witty and well-liked, wh Full Article at WOAI
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When it comes to the money game, Phil Collins did what any good drummer would do: He beat it. As a kid, he starred as the Artful Dodger in the London production of "Oliver!" As a teen, he answered a classified ad for a drummer and joined the art-rock ban Full Article at FOX Business
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HOLD FOR WEEKEND STORY - In a Tuesday May 8, 2012 photo, McMurry College head football coach Hal Mumme, right, gets musician Phil Collins to sign copies of his new book on the Alamo in Buffalo Gap, Texas during a private event at the Buffalo Gap... View Photo »
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I could not answer him ... I was so fully convinced that he was right.
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For all his distinctive aesthetic touches and familiar thematic concerns, Wes Anderson isn’t a particularly predictable filmmaker, and no film came as more of a surprise than 2009’s stop-motion trifle Fantastic Mr Fox, which melded Roald Dahl’s world wit Full Article at Den Of Geek
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Chelsea's quest to claim Europe's greatest prize has run into countless mighty obstacles. Beating Barcelona in the semi-finals felt like the ultimate conquest. Surely Uefa would just cancel the rest of the competition and motor to Stamford Bridge with th Full Article at DNA India
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In a Tuesday May 8, 2012 photo, Musician Phil Collins laughs while speaking about his new book and life long fascination with the Alamo in Buffalo Gap, Texas. A private event Tuesday night at the Buffalo Gap Historic Village's 1903 chapel was the... View Photo »
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Davy Crockett was an accomplished fiddler and he and McGregor would have musical contests to keep the soldiers' spirits up
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We can expect great things of Cannes – but not, it's a safe bet, too many laughs. You think the likes of Michael Haneke are here to amuse us? So, we'd best grab our merriment while we may, with Wes Anderson's opening film Moonrise Kingdom. Anderson's pr Full Article at The Independent
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Too bad William J. "Uncle Jimmie" Cannon wasn't really among the defenders of the Alamo that late winter of 1836. He had so much cheek he might have made a difference when the Mexican soldiers made their final assault on the old mission in San Antonio. W Full Article at Austin American-Statesman
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BUFFALO GAP, Texas -- Sandwiched between two respected Texas historians on a hard church pew, the compact Englishman looks nervous, stroking his stubbled chin as he eyes 60 or so people crowded into the Buffalo Gap Chapel waiting for the sound of that vo Full Article at Quad-Cities Online
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Colonel David Stern Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; referred to in popular culture as Davy Crockett and often by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier." He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas... Full Article At Wikipedia.org
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