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An authoritative recounting of the battle at the Alamo including an attempt to dispel the popular myths.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lord, Walter, 1917-2002 (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1978]
Subjects:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) > Siege, 1836.
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex) > Siege, 1836.
Texas > San Antonio.
1836
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. "To ... all the Americans in the world"
  • 2. "I am determined to provide for you a home"
  • 3. "Come forward and assist your brethren"
  • 4. "The supreme government is supremely indignant"
  • 5. "We will rather die in these ditches than give it up"
  • 6. "The enemy are in view"
  • 7. "I answered them with a cannon shot"
  • 8. I don't like to be penned up"
  • 9." 30 men has thrown themselves into bears"
  • 10. "I will report the result of my mission"
  • 11. Take care of my little boy"
  • 12. "Great God, Sue, the Mexicans are inside our walls!"
  • 13. "It was but a small affair"
  • 14. "Remember the Alamo!"
  • Riddles of the Alamo
  • The men who fell at the Alamo.