| Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis Contributor(s): Davis, William C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060930942 ISBN-13: 9780060930943 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: "Three Roads to the Alamo" is the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis--the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American history--and about what really happened in that battle. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Latin America - Mexico |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97043815 |
| Physical Information: 1.46" H x 5.3" W x 8.05" (1.51 lbs) 816 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Locality - San Antonio, Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William C. Davis's Three Roads to the Alamo is far and away the best account of the Alamo I have ever read. The portraits of Crockett, Bowie, and Travis are brilliantly sketched in a fast-moving story that keeps the reader riveted to the very last word. -- Stephen B. Oates Three Roads to the Alamois the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis--the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American history--and about what really happened in that battle. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davis, William C.: - William C. Davis is the author or editor of thirty-five books on the civil war and southern history, most recently A Way Through the Wilderness, "A Government of Our Own ": The Making of a Confederacy, and the prizewinning biography Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour. For many years a magazine publisher, Davis now divides his time between writing and consulting for book publishers and television. |