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Line of glory : a novel of the Alamo / by Thomas D. Clagett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print Western seriesPublication details: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019. Edition: Large print editionDescription: 379 pages (large print) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781432861360
  • 1432861360
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3603.L337 L56 2019
Other classification:
  • FIC014000 | FIC032000
Summary: "The final 13 hours at the Alamo began around 5 o'clock on the afternoon of March 5, 1836. Colonel William Barrett Travis drew a line in the dirt and asked all those who would stay and fight to cross it. Destinies played out that night for four people. Susannah Dickinson, a woman of surprising gumption. Young James Taylor who came to the Alamo to free Texas from the tyrannical rule of General Santa Anna. "Moses" Rose who refused to cross Travis's line because he "wasn't prepared to die." Colonel Juan Morales, ordered to assault Crockett and his men at the south palisade, believed attacking the fort was foolhardy. But his real disgust was for Santa Anna, a man who allowed whims to dictate his decisions"--Summary: ""13 Final hours of the Alamo on March 5th 1836"--Provided by publisher"--
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"The final 13 hours at the Alamo began around 5 o'clock on the afternoon of March 5, 1836. Colonel William Barrett Travis drew a line in the dirt and asked all those who would stay and fight to cross it. Destinies played out that night for four people. Susannah Dickinson, a woman of surprising gumption. Young James Taylor who came to the Alamo to free Texas from the tyrannical rule of General Santa Anna. "Moses" Rose who refused to cross Travis's line because he "wasn't prepared to die." Colonel Juan Morales, ordered to assault Crockett and his men at the south palisade, believed attacking the fort was foolhardy. But his real disgust was for Santa Anna, a man who allowed whims to dictate his decisions"--

""13 Final hours of the Alamo on March 5th 1836"--Provided by publisher"--

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