Title: Emily D. West and the Yellow Rose of Texas Myth
Description: "The real Yellow Rose was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free Black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This is the first full-length biography of her--which explores the evolution of one of the most popular myths in American, Texas and Western history"--
Subjects: Presidents' spouses, united states, Texas, history, to 1846, Women, united states, biography, Legends, Free African Americans, Biography, African American women, Siege, 1836, San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836, Yellow rose of Texas