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Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers : the Texas victory that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade.
While the story of the Alamo is familiar to most, few remember how Sam Houston led Texians after a crushing loss to a shocking victory that secured their freedom and paved the way for America's growth. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers recaptures this pivotal war that changed America forever, and sheds light on the tightrope all war heroes walk between courage and calculation.
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- ISBN: 9780525540533
- ISBN: 0525540539
- Physical Description: 272 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps, color portraits ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Sentinel, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Maps on endpapers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-260) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: The Lessons of Battle -- 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 San Jacinto -- President Sam Houston -- The Founding and the Founders of Texas. |
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