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The Alamo and Beyond - A Collector's Journey (Hardcover)
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The Alamo and Beyond - A Collector's Journey (Hardcover)
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When Phil Collins was a kid growing up in a London suburb, he would
often watch an amazing show on his family television. There, in
black and white, was Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, King of the Wild
Frontier. As he matured, Collins not only acted out the exploits of
his new hero, but he often refought the Battle of the Alamo with
his toy soldiers. Even though music came to dominate his life, it
was this love of history--and Davy Crockett and the Alamo in
particular--that was always near by. On one musical tour, Collins
encountered his first David Crockett autograph--for sale at a store
called the Gallery of History. "I didn't know this stuff was out
there, that you could own it," the rock-n-roll legend said. "It had
never occurred to him. Later, he received a birthday-present that
would change his life: a receipt for a saddle signed by an Alamo
defender. From that point forward, the drummer began building his
impressive Alamo and Texas Revolution collection. Here, for the
first time in history, are the artifacts, relics, and documents
that compose the Phil Collins collection, available in a
beautifully designed color book shot-through with stunning
photography and crisply rendered illustrations. Collins's prose
takes the reader through the joys of being a collector as he
lovingly describes what each piece in this impressive assemblage
means to him. Photographer Ben Powell of Austin brought these items
to vivid relief, and artist Gary Zaboly's masterful pen-and-ink
drawings breath life into the items. Essays by Texas historians
Bruce Winders, Don Frazier, and Stephen Hardin provide the
historical background to the collection and help make this into a
work of art that also serves handily as a serious research tool.
"The link below takes you to a crowd source funding site for Ben
Powell's short documentary, Phil Collins and the Wild Frontier. It
captures Phil Collins during the week-long book tour in June 2012."
http:
//www.kickstarter.com/projects/722972912/phil-collins-and-the-wild-frontier
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