The Alamo. [Original Title: "13 Days To Glory"].

LON TINKLE

Publication: The New American Library, 1960, New York

First paperback edition. Signet S1776. Pictorial wrappers. viii - 176 pp., acknowledgments, illustrated, diagrams. This is the story of the siege of the Alamo, when 183 determined men waited for reinforcements that never came. A meticulously detailed story of the stand made by a handful of American soldiers 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. 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. Jim Bowie, William Travis, Davy Crockett and 180 others were among the dead." This is the most readable account of the Alamo. Fine, unread copy. Uncommon.

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