Top 10 Best "Alamo" Books

The Illustrated Alamo 1836

Mark Lemon
Richard Bruce Winders
Craig R. Covner

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The Story of the Alamo (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Peter F. Copeland

Alamo

The Story of the Alamo (Dover Pictorial Archives)

The battle of the Alamo has become an American legend and the mission church is a shrine to Texas liberty. This collection of 30 carefully researched drawings dramatically chronicles the events leading up to the fall of the Alamo. Scenes feature Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, William Travis, and the many more.

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Sleuthing the Alamo

James E. Crisp

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The Boy in the Alamo

Margaret Cousins

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Remember The Alamo

William W. Johnstone

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Three Roads to the Alamo

William C. Davis

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The Alamo (Pull Ahead Books)

Kristin L. Nelson

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Alamo Traces

Thomas Ricks Lindley

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The Gates of the Alamo

Stephen Harrigan

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The Alamo

Frank Thompson

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EXODUS FROM THE ALAMO

A Selection of the Military and History Book Clubs

A startling new analysis of one of America's most glorious battles . . .

Contrary to movie and legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo in the war for Texan independence-including Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William B. Travis-did not die under brilliant sunlight, defending their positions against hordes of Mexican infantry. Instead the Mexicans launched a predawn attack, surmounting the walls in darkness, forcing a wild melee inside the fort before many of its defenders had even awoken.

In this book, Dr. Tucker, after deep research into recently discovered Mexican accounts and the forensic evidence, informs us that the traditional myth of the Alamo is even more off-base: most of the Alamo's defenders died in breakouts from the fort, cut down by Santa Anna's cavalry that had been pre-positioned to intercept the escapees.

To be clear, a number of the Alamo's defenders hung on inside the fort, fighting back every way they could. Captain Dickinson, with cannon atop the chapel (i...

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EXODUS FROM THE ALAMO

Phillip Thomas Tucker

Alamo

Susanna of the Alamo

John Jakes
Paul Bacon

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