The gates of the Alamo
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Stephen Harrigan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: A.A. Knopf; Knopf
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
Subjects: Sieges -- Fiction.; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836 -- Fiction.; Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Never before has the fall of the Alamo been portrayed with such immediacy. And for the first time the story is told not just from the perspective of the American defenders but from that of the Mexican attackers as well. We follow Blas Montoya, a sergeant in an elite sharpshooter company, as he fights to keep his men alive not only in the inferno of battle but also during the long forced march north from Mexico proper to Texas.

And through the eyes of the ambitious mapmaker Telesforo Villasenor, we witness the cold deliberations of General Santa Anna." "Filled with dramatic scenes, abounding in fictional and historical personalities - among them James Bowie, David Crockett, and William Travis - The Gates of the Alamo enfolds us in history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Picture of the Fort of the Alamo and a view of San Antonio de Bèxar looking east toward the Fort of the Alamo on endpapers.