Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} 13 Days to Glory The Siege of the Alamo by Lon Tinkle ISBN 13: 9780890967072. 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo (Volume 2) (Southwest Landmarks) Tinkle, Lon. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. In thirteen chapters, Lon Tinkle tells the day-by-day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle but won for their cause an almost unparalleled measure of fame. The familiar figures appear on these pages: stern young Colonel William Barret Travis; the middle-aged fighter Jim Bowie, who contested the young upstart’s comand; famous frontiersman Davy Crockett, soon to have his stock in legend rise even higher. Echoing the shot heard round the world in 1776, the volleys fired by the Alamo defenders were aimed at the large and well-outfitted army of Santa Anna, self-styled “Napoleon of the West.” As the days of the siege are described, the author cinematically flashes back to pivotal points of destiny—the circumstance that led each person to be inside the walls of the abandoned mission late in the winter of 1836. Susanna Dickinson, captured after the mission fell, recalls the day she headed for a wedding and wound up eloping to Texas with the intended groom, an old flame of her own. Travis left Alabama under a cloud, having privately admitted to committing a murder. Bowie, having lost his wife, children, and wealthy in-laws to a cholera epidemic, now devoted his energies to saving his extensive landholdings in Texas. Crockett, stung by the loss of his seat in Congress, concluded to light out for the territory of Texas, where land prices were one-tenth of those in America but where American frontier traditions again had to be secured through revolution. Thoroughly documented, 13 Days to Glory also includes a chronology of events from June 30, 1835, when William Barret Travis, under a secret pact with Anglo leaders at San Felipe de Austin, drove out the new Mexican garrison opposite Galveston, to February 23, 1836, when the thirteen-day siege of the Alamo began. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The late Lon Tinkle was book editor of the Dallas Morning News and a professor of French and comparative literature at Southern Methodist University. “The story of the Alamo has been written many times but never so well as by the late Lon Tinkle, professor of French and comparative literature at Southern Methodist University.”--author and book editor of the Dallas Morning News (author and book editor of the Dallas Morning News) Remember the Alamo. It’s been 184 years since the battle of the Alamo was fought between February 23 and March 6, 1836 in San Antonio, Texas. Stephen Hardin’s Handbook of Texas article explains the context of these thirteen days that eventually led to Texas’ independence from Mexico. Lon Tinkle’s papers contain manuscripts for his 1958 book, 13 Days to Glory , and materials related to the 1960 film and 1986 television movie inspired by his book. The Alamo screenplay and tickets to the 1960 film premiere. Other notable manuscripts in the DeGolyer Library include: Edward Hall letter to Andrew Briscoe, 1836 May 21. Edward Hall writes to Andrew Briscoe about the cost of land in Texas, the reaction of the news of Santa Anna’s capture, and his hopes for awards due to those who fought for Texas independence. Benjamin Franklin Hughes’ memoir Hughes was a career soldier in the nineteenth century, and his memoir describes his experience as a fifteen- year-old soldier for the Texian Army during the battles of Refugio and Coleto. He was saved from the Goliad massacre by Francita Alavez. 13 DAYS TO GLORY: The Siege of the Alamo. Yet another episode in history has been singled out for a close-up, day to day account, as it actually happened -- and that one of the most poignant, dramatic events in American history, the siege of the Alamo, when 183 determined men waited for reenforce-ments that never came. In Lon Tinkle, book editor of the Dallas News and a descendant of one of the heroes, there is found the ideal interpreter of the story. He has tapped primary sources, personal records left by the proponents, known facts about the men themselves, and the result is a minutely detailed story of the gallant stand made by a handful of American soldiers, whose chief training had been small game hunting in their own home ranges of Texas, against the army of the ruthless dictator of Mexico, Santa Anna. Mexican intrigue, the tangled skein of United States and Texan politics, the personal resentments of settlers and empire builders all entered the picture, as a segment of the Texas Volunteer Army waited in the half-ruined fortress mission of the Alamo. Here, too, was dissension between the two colonels,- Jim Bowie, remembered today for the weapon which bears his name, and young William Travis. On February 23, 1836, Santa Anna's army appeared without warning, and a few civilians threw in their lot with the waiting soldiers. From the start the fight was hopeless; by March 6th it was over, when the Mexican broke through and slaughtered every soldier, sparing only civilian woman and children. Bowie, Travis, Davy Crockett and 180 others were among the dead. There have been other moving records of the historic siege, but no others that sustained both the authenticity and the high pitch of excitement. A few purists may object to the recording of the private thoughts of men long dead, but the unquestionable documentation, the scepticism concerning some of the legends, gives this rousing tale high rating for all Texans and all students of the American West. 13 Days to Glory. In thirteen chapters, Lon Tinkle tells the day-by-day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle but won for their cause an almost unparalleled measure of fame. The familiar figures appear on these pages: stern young Colonel William Barret Travis; the middle-aged fighter Jim Bowie, who contested the young upstart’s comand; famous frontiersman Davy Crockett, soon to have his stock in legend rise even higher. Echoing the shot heard round the world in 1776, the volleys fired by the Alamo defenders were aimed at the large and well-outfitted army of Santa Anna, self-styled “Napoleon of the West.” As the days of the siege are described, the author cinematically flashes back to pivotal points of destiny—the circumstance that led each person to be inside the walls of the abandoned mission late in the winter of 1836. Susanna Dickinson, captured after the mission fell, recalls the day she headed for a wedding and wound up eloping to Texas with the intended groom, an old flame of her own. Travis left Alabama under a cloud, having privately admitted to committing a murder. Bowie, having lost his wife, children, and wealthy in-laws to a cholera epidemic, now devoted his energies to saving his extensive landholdings in Texas. Crockett, stung by the loss of his seat in Congress, concluded to light out for the territory of Texas, where land prices were one-tenth of those in America but where American frontier traditions again had to be secured through revolution. Thoroughly documented, 13 Days to Glory also includes a chronology of events from June 30, 1835, when William Barret Travis, under a secret pact with Anglo leaders at San Felipe de Austin, drove out the new Mexican garrison opposite Galveston, to February 23, 1836, when the thirteen-day siege of the Alamo began. 13 days to glory. In 13 chapters, Lon Tinkle tells the day-by-day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle but won an almost unparalleled measure of fame. The familiar figures appear on these pages: Stern young Colonel William Barrett Travis; the middle-aged fighter Jim Bowie, who contested the young upstart's command; frontiersman Davy Crockett, soon to have his stock in legend rise even higher. As the days of the siege are described, the author cinematically flashes back to the pivotal point of destiny -- the circumstances that led each person to be inside the walls of the abandoned mission late in the winter of 1836. Susanna Dickerson, captured after the mission fell, recalls the day she headed for a wedding and wound up eloping to Texas with the intended groom, an old flame of her own. Travis left Alabama under a cloud, having privately admitted to committing a murder. Bowie, having lost his wife, children, and wealthy in-laws to a cholera epidemic, now devoted his energies to saving his extensive landholdings in Texas. Crockett, stung by the loss of his seat in Congress, concluded to light out for the territory of Texas, where land prices were 1/10 of those in America but where American frontier traditions again had to be secured through revolution. Thoroughly documented, 13 Days to Glory also includes a chronology of events from June 30, 1835, when Travis, under a secret pact with Anglo leaders, drove out the new Mexican garrison opposite Galveston, to February 23, 1836, when the 13-day siege of the Alamo began. - Back cover.