Madam Candelaria, Unsung Heroine Of The Alamo. Including A Personal Account Of The Faithful Woman Who, Staying In The Mission When The Battle Raged And The Doomed Men Sold Their Lives Dearly As Possible, Obeyed Sam Houston's Trust And Was Wounded By Mexican Bayonets While Trying To Protect Dying Bowie

MAURICE ELFER

Publication: The Rein Company, Publishers, 1933, Houston

First edition. 8vo. Brown and tan printed stiff wrappers, 23 pp., preface, frontispiece [portrait of Candelaria]. The author began his search for this previously unrecorded history in 1906 with the artist McArdle who had painted "The Battle of San Jacinto" and "Dawn at the Alamo." Years later his research in both San Antonio newspapers from 1899, along with a 1924 interview with Candelaria's grandson, James Villanueva, produced facts for the full story about Madam Candelaria and the Alamo. This little booklet is the result of his research on the life of James Bowie and the battle of the Alamo. According to William Corner, when he interviewed Senora Candelaria on March 17, 1888, and he asked her if she was “inside the fortifications of the Alamo during the fight,” she unhesitatingly answered with an affirmative “Yes!” When asked if she was in the Alamo church building during the last stand, she replied without reflection that in those moments, “she was nursing Colonel James Bowie who was in bed very ill of typhoid fever.” In the San Antonio Daily Express dated July 26, 1888, listing the death of Juana Navarro Alsbury, the paper stated, “There are only two women survivors of that terrible fight now living. They are Madam Candelaria and Mrs. Losoya, who lives in the southern portion of the city.” Scarce and over-looked Alamo history. Herbert Fletcher's article in SWHQ January 1947 "Four Publishers" relates the difficulty he had in locating a copy of this rarity for Texas book collector Earl Vandale. Scarce and over-looked Alamo history. Herbert Fletcher's article in SWHQ January 1947 "Four Publishers" relates the difficulty he had in locating a copy of this rarity for Texas book collector Earl Vandale. Still RARE and a fine, bright copy.

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