Remember the Alamo! /

Remember the Alamo! /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.
Imprint:	New York : Random House, c1958.
Description:	182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Landmark books ; [79] Landmark books ; [79].
Subject:	Siege of The Alamo (San Antonio, Texas : 1836) Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836. Texas -- History -- To 1846. Texas Texas -- San Antonio History
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy is the Gift of Barbara and Bill Yoffee, AB '52, in original dust jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9179528

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Other uniform titles:	Barbara and Bill Yoffee Collection.
ISBN:	0394803795 9780394803791 039490379X 9780394903798
Summary:	The men who prepared to defend the Alamo on that fateful day in Texas, 1836, had no thought of making history. A few like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie were already famous, but the rest were unknown volunteers. Whatever their backgrounds, they had one trait in common: the unflinching bravery to stand with less than 200 men against the onslaught of Santa Anna's thousands of Mexican soldiers. The story of the Alamo is a story of courage. Though the Texasns lost the battle, they fought to the last man against overwhelming odds, and their heroic defense cost the Mesicans dearly. In fact it was not until all of Texas rallied to the cry, "Remember the Alamo!" that Santa Anna discovered just how costly his victory at the Alamo had been.
Other form:	Online version: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Remember the Alamo! New York, Random House [1958]

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Summary:	Remember the Alamo! is a tale of extraordinary courage and riveting adventure. For thirteen days, 189 men led by Davy Crockett, Colonel Jim Bowie, and Colonel William Travis and hopelessly outnumbered, held off the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna at the Mission San Antonio de Valero -- the Alamo. Their valiant sacrifice for the cause of Texas liberty became the rallying cry, "Remember the Alamo!" Remember the Alamo! is the landmark account of one of the most extraordinary moments in American frontier history. It is written by one of America's greatest authors, Robert Penn Warren, the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes and the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- our nation's highest civilian award. Book jacket.
Physical Description:	182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0394803795 9780394803791 039490379X 9780394903798