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The blood of heroes : the 13-day struggle for the Alamo-- and the sacrifice that forged a nation / James Donovan.

By: Publication details: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 500 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0316053740 (hbk.) :
  • 9780316053747
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 976.403 23
LOC classification:
  • F390 .D66 2012
Contents:
Prologue -- The Hotspur -- "O! He Has Gone to Texas" -- "The Celebrated Desperado" -- "The Burly Is Begun" -- The Army of the People -- The Battle of Béxar -- "A Mere Corral and Nothing More" -- The Napoleon of the West -- The Backwoodsman -- The Road to Béxar -- "Circunvalado" -- "I Am Besieged" -- "This Time You May See Some Blood" -- "Devlish Dark" -- "His Excellency Expects Every Man to Do His Duty" -- "That Terrible Bugle Call of Death" -- The Bleeding Country -- "The Marrow Bone of Texas" -- Last Rites -- Afterword: Moses Rose and the Line.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
900 - 999 Hanover Public Library Shelves 976.403 DONO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000852955

Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-488) and index.

Prologue -- The Hotspur -- "O! He Has Gone to Texas" -- "The Celebrated Desperado" -- "The Burly Is Begun" -- The Army of the People -- The Battle of Béxar -- "A Mere Corral and Nothing More" -- The Napoleon of the West -- The Backwoodsman -- The Road to Béxar -- "Circunvalado" -- "I Am Besieged" -- "This Time You May See Some Blood" -- "Devlish Dark" -- "His Excellency Expects Every Man to Do His Duty" -- "That Terrible Bugle Call of Death" -- The Bleeding Country -- "The Marrow Bone of Texas" -- Last Rites -- Afterword: Moses Rose and the Line.

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