Title:
Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers : the Texas victory that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade.
ISBN:
9780525540533
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Publication Information:
[New York] : Sentinel, [2019]
Physical Description:
272 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
Maps on endpapers.
Contents:
General Jackson's Protégé -- Gone to Texas -- "Come and Take It" -- Concepción -- A Slow Siege at the Alamo -- The Defenders -- Twelve Days of Uncertainty -- The Massacre -- Bring Out the Dead -- Houston Hears the News -- Fort Defiance -- The Texian Exodus -- An Army Assembles -- The Battle at San Jacinto -- "Remember the Alamo!" -- Old Sam Jacinto -- President Sam Houston -- The Founding and the Founders of Texas.
Summary:
"Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history."-- Provided by publisher.
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Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1104215158
Availability:
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