Sam Houston and the Alamo avengers : the Texas victory that changed American history

Summary: March 1836: The story of the Alamo is familiar to most: more than two hundred Texians trapped in an adobe mission, and massacred. Though the rallying cry of "Remember the Alamo" rang across the country, Houston knew it was poor strategy to aggressively retaliate immediately. One month after the massacre, he and his army of underdog Texians soundly defeated Santa Anna's troops in under eighteen minutes at the Battle of San Jacinto, and in doing so won the independence for which so many had died. Kilmeade brings one of the most pivotal moments in American history to life. -- adapted from jacket

Item details

ISBN: 9780525540533
ISBN: 0525540539
ISBN: 9780525540564
Physical Description: print
272 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: [New York] : Sentinel, [2019]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references 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 Sam Jacinto -- President Sam Houston -- Epilogue: The Founding and the Founders of Texas.