"Sam Houston was a drinker and got a little strange sometimes. I have no idea if
the movie portrays him badly but being a drinker doesn't make him unworthy of our respect."
I am all for telling the whole truth about The Alamo...let the chips fall where they may.
At the same time, if only half of the story of "The Runaway Scrape" and how Sam Houston
managed to keep things together during this miserable, hellish retreat, only to
have a complete reversal of fortune at San Jacinto is true...I'd say
"Hand Sam Houston another bottle!"
(sounds like Sam Houston and Churchill might have been cut from the same cloth, except
Churchill was more prolific with his writings).
Link below on The Runaway Scrape:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/RR/pfr1.html