The Gates of the Alamo - Hardcover

Harrigan, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679447172 ISBN 13: 9780679447177

Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2000

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Book by Harrigan Stephen

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A fullscale fictional chronicle centered around the fall of the Alamo bristles with historical figures, including Jim Bowie, Santa Anna, and David Crockett, among others, as it provides a dramatic recreation of an event that shaped the history and identity of Texas. 75,000 first printing.

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ting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo, an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history. With its vibrant, unexpected characters and its richness of authentic detail, The Gates of the Alamo is an unforgettable re-creation of a time, a place, and a heroic conflict.

The time is 1835. At the center of a canvas crowded with Mexicans and Americans, with Karankawa and Comanche Indians, with settlers of many nationalities, stand three people whose fortunes quickly become our urgent concern: Edmund McGowan, a naturalist of towering courage and intellect, whose life's work is threatened by the war against Mexico and whose character is tested by his own dangerous pride; Mary Mott, a widowed innkeeper on the Texas coast, a determined and resourceful woman; and her sixteen-year-old son, Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love leads him instead to war, and into the crucible of the Alamo.

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• Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0679447172
• ISBN 13: 9780679447177
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 581