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Author:

Kilmeade, Brian, author.

Title:

Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers : The Texas victory that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade.

Publisher:

Sentinel,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

272 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Houston, Sam,--1793-1863.
Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836.
Governors--Texas--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Texas--History--To 1846.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index. 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:

"In his now trademark fashion, 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. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0525540539
9780525540533

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1104215158

LCCN:

2019022817

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