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Sam Houston and the Alamo avengers the Texas victory that changed American history

March 1836: The story of the Alamo is familiar to most: more than two hundred Texians trapped in an adobe mission, and massacred. Though the rallying cry of "Remember the Alamo" rang across the country, Houston knew it was poor strategy to aggressively retaliate immediately. One month afte...

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Main Author: Kilmeade, Brian (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: [New York] : Sentinel, [2019]
Subjects:
Houston, Sam, > 1793-1863.
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, > 1794-1876.
San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836.
Governors > Texas > Biography.
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) > Siege, 1836.
Texas > History > To 1846.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • General Jackson's Protégé
  • Gone to Texas
  • "Come and Take It"
  • Concepción
  • A Slow Siege at the Alamo
  • The Defenders
  • Twelve Days of Uncertainty
  • The Massacre
  • Bring Out the Dead
  • Houston Hears the News
  • Fort Defiance
  • The Texian Exodus
  • An Army Assembles
  • The Battle at San Jacinto
  • "Remember the Alamo!"
  • Old Sam Jacinto
  • President Sam Houston
  • The Founding and the Founders of Texas.

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