Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers, The Texas Victory That Changed American History by Kilmeade, Brian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Also by Brian Kilmeade Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Prologue: The Lessons of Battle One: General Jackson’s Protégé

Texas Lost The President and His Prodigy The Texas Enterprise

Two: Gone to Texas

Welcome to Texas El Presidente Santa Anna

Three: “Come and Take It”

The Gun at Gonzales The “Old Eighteen” One Hundred Dragoons The Skirmish Joining Up General Austin

Four: Concepción

The Consultation “The Most Eligible Situation” Action! “The Brilliancy of the Victory”

Five: A Slow Siege at the Alamo

A General Fades Away The Grass Fight December A Quiet Night, Interrupted Downtown San Antonio “The Enemy Gave Way Inch by Inch” The End of the Beginning

Six: The Defenders

Fight or Flight? William Barret Travis Fortress Alamo Colonel Crockett Who’s in Charge Here?

Seven: Twelve Days of Uncertainty

The Enemy Approaches The Siege Thursday, February 25, 1836 Long Days, Longer Nights Don’t Shoot! Where Is Sam Houston? Back at the Alamo Marching Orders Crossing the Line

Eight: The Massacre

The First Wave His Excellency The Second Wave The End

Nine: Bring Out the Dead

Mrs. Dickinson, Witness Burying the Dead

Ten: Houston Hears the News Eleven: Fort Defiance

Retreat Retreat from Goliad The Battle of the Prairie Surrender Retreat Under Guard

Twelve: The Texian Exodus

The Enemy Across the Water

Thirteen: An Army Assembles

The Enemy A Misery of Mud Borrowed Time at Bernardo Plantation Santa Anna on the Move Dig the Graves Thompson’s Ferry Fight or Flight

Fourteen: The Battle at San Jacinto

Harrisburg From Hunter to Hunted A Narrow Escape A Chance to Save Texas A Small Skirmish

Fifteen: “Remember the Alamo!”

Rest for the Weary? The Plan “The Enemy! They Come!” “A Bewildered and Panic Stricken Herd”

Sixteen: Old San Jacinto

General Meets General

Seventeen: President Sam Houston

Santa Anna Meets Andrew Jackson

Epilogue: The Founding and the Founders of Texas

The State of Texas

Illustrations Acknowledgments For Further Reading Notes Image Credits Index About the Author