The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo - and the Sacrifice that Forged a Nation

For almost two centuries, the last stand at the Alamo has been recognized as a defining moment in Americas history. On February 23, 1836, a Mexican army thousands of soldiers strong attacked a makeshift garrison of about two hundred Texas settlersamong them, Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Traviswho were holed up in the abandoned mission on the outskirts of San Antonio. The Texans refused to surrender, and for almost two weeks, the immense force laid siege to the fort, bombarding its occupants with a constant barrage of artillery fire. Then, in the predawn hours of March 6, the Mexican troops unleashed a final devastating assault. What happened next would become legend. In The Blood of Heroes, bestselling historian James Donovan, drawing on fresh primary sources in American and Mexican archives, offers an authoritative and thrilling account of this epic battle.