Goliad: The Other Alamo
de William R. Bradle
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1589804570
- ISBN 13
- 9781589804579
- Librería
-
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Hardcover Cloth 252 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2007. Attractive dark red boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Previous owner pasted a color clipping of the Presidio La Bahia on front endpapers. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in antique postcard of Presidio La Bahia.
Personal stories of tragedy, bravery, ego, and cowardice in this often-overlooked battle for Texas independence. This fast-moving narrative presents the struggles of the participants, both Texan and Mexican, and reveals the overriding egos and bad planning on both sides of the war.
The Alamo fell in thirteen days, with all its defenders killed. One hundred miles away, Goliad surrendered after a single day's battle, with the prisoners then executed by firing squad. Only twenty escaped by flinging themselves into the San Antonio River. Historians note that the Alamo was a fortress that should not have been defended and was, while Goliad was a fortress that could have been defended but was not. After the fall of Goliad and the Alamo, Sam Houston retreated to east Texas. His army grew, as the struggle was now for independence and survival. Houston caught Santa Anna at San Jacinto, defeating his army in an eighteen-minute battle. The battle cry of the Texans was "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" Everyone knows the Alamo, but the story of Goliad has been forgotten, until now. The tragic events at Goliad shaped Texas as much as those at the Alamo, and William Bradle reminds us of the horror, charity, bravery, and mercy endured there. This fast-moving narrative presents the struggles of the participants, both Texan and Mexican, and reveals the overriding egos and bad planning on both sides of the war. It is historically accurate, based on actual documents and the many books, both scholarly and popular, written on the Texas revolution.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Detalles
- Librería
- River House Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 656945
- Título
- Goliad: The Other Alamo
- Autor
- William R. Bradle
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 1589804570
- ISBN 13
- 9781589804579
- Editorial
- Pelican Pub. Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- Gretna, LA
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Páginas
- 252
- LCCN
- 2007005365
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Texana; First Editions;
Términos de venta
River House Books
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River House Books
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