The blood of heroes
Subtitle: the 13-day struggle for the Alamo-- and the sacrifice that forged a nation
By: James Donovan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780316053747
Subjects: Siege, 1836
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The Hotspur; title: "O! He Has Gone to Texas"; title: "The Celebrated Desperado"; title: "The Burly Is Begun"; title: The Army of the People; title: The Battle of Béxar; title: "A Mere Corral and Nothing More"; title: The Napoleon of the West; title: The Backwoodsman; title: The Road to Béxar; title: "Circunvalado"; title: "I Am Besieged"; title: "This Time You May See Some Blood"; title: "Devlish Dark"; title: "His Excellency Expects Every Man to Do His Duty"; title: "That Terrible Bugle Call of Death"; title: The Bleeding Country; title: "The Marrow Bone of Texas"; title: Last Rites; title: Afterword: Moses Rose and the Line.