13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo
- ISBN-10
- 0890967075
- ISBN-13
- 9780890967072
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-02-01
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Author
- Lon Tinkle
Description
A day-to-day chronological investigation of the siege of the Alamo in 1836, discussing the circumstances that led each person to be inside the abandoned mission during the battle that claimed the life of frontiersman Davy Crockett.
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