Alamo Sourcebook 1836: A Comprehensive Guide to the Alamo and the Texas Revolution

by Timothy J. Todish and Terry Todish

Book Overview

Few historical events are as widely known as the Siege and Battle of the Alamo. This is true not only in the United States, but also throughout much of the rest of the world. The idea of a small band... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571681523
• ISBN13: 9781571681522
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Good overall look at the Texas Revolution

This book was easy to read, and provided a great deal of information about the Alamo and the other events in the Texas Revolution. I've found it very useful in learning about the other battles of the Revolution.

A "Must Have" for "Alamophiles"

I had the pleasure to work with Tim Todish, his brother Terry and Ted Spring on this book. They have done an excellent job in bringing the Alamo and the Texas Revolution into perspective. Covering such a broad topic took many, and I do mean MANY hours of research to put it all together. This book has set a standard for future works and it will be hard to top it in quality. I am pleased to have been a small part of the project.

This provides a unique compendium on the legendary battle.

The Alamo sources book combines a wealth of information of every aspect of the Alamo. The author ranges from a description of the mission, through an account of the Texas Mexican War and the fall of the Alamo to participant account and cinematic renderings of the story. Anyone from a reader with a casual interest to a serious student of the battle will find this work both informative and entertaining. A wealth of illustrations accompany the text; some of these border on carictature, but most are well done; drawings of the structure and of weapons and equipment are quite good. The author draws on recent archaeolgical finds and test research to update and correct older information. He includes useful discussions of popular myth while providing an excellent overview of fact. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Alamo or in the Texas revolution; it also reprresent a useful model for crafting a good historical overview of a particular incident.