Texas Mass Graves: Burial Grounds of Atrocity, Massacre and Battle
- ISBN-10
- 146715248X
- ISBN-13
- 9781467152488
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-10-03
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Author
- Kathy Benjamin
Description
Every mass grave in Texas offers morbid proof that at one time, in that place, something went very, very wrong. Texans have resorted to mass graves out of necessity, desperation and appalling indifference. These sites mark natural disasters or hide unnatural crimes that tested the limits of human endurance and empathy. Because of this, memorializing those who lie in mass graves can be controversial. Not everyone wants to dig up the darkness of the past, much less admit that the dirt is still fresh. Nevertheless, to honor those whose bones lie mixed with others, their stories must be told. In so doing, Kathy Benjamin exhumes essential shards of Lone Star history, from the Alamo to the present day.
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