Amelia E. Barr

Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919), teacher and author of historical romances set in England and the United States, wrote Remember the Alamo (1888), based on Texas' War of Independence and highly acclaimed, inspiring the 1960s film version starring John Wayne. Barr led a full and adventurous life, full of hardship and glory, travelling far and wide in North America and Europe, and on it's own much fodder for one of her most astounding works, her remarkable autobiography All the Days of My Life (1913);