Description:
Hardcover Cloth 252 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2007. Attractive dark red boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Previous owner pasted a color clipping of the Presidio La Bahia on front endpapers. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.Laid in antique postcard of Presidio La Bahia.
Personal stories of tragedy, bravery, ego, and cowardice in this often-overlooked battle for Texas independence. This fast-moving narrative presents the struggles of the participants, both Texan and Mexican, and reveals the overriding egos and bad planning on both sides of the war.
The Alamo fell in thirteen days, with all its defenders killed. One hundred miles away, Goliad surrendered after a single day's battle, with the prisoners… Read More