An altar for their sons
Subtitle: the Alamo and the Texas Revolution in contemporary newspaper accounts
By: Gary S. Zaboly
Publisher: State House Press; Distributed by Texas A&M University Press Consortium
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Buffalo Gap, Tex; [College Station, Tex.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
ISBN-13: 9781933337463
Subjects: Sources; Siege, 1836; History
Notes: "With photographs from the Phil Collins collection".

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A chronology; title: Spanish Texas; title: The leaders emerge; title: Road to revolt; title: First battles; title: Crockett goes to Texas; title: "The enemy is advancing on this post"; title: The Alamo encircled; title: Assault; title: Retreat and massacre; title: San Jacinto and the first year of the Texas Republic; title: Memories, legends, and legacy; title: Contemporary Alamo poetry; title: The Alamo during the 1836 Siege.