01384cam a2200241 4500 277864912 TxAuBib 20161108120000.0 111209s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011050067 9780316053747 0316053740 TxAuBib Donovan, Jim, 1954- The blood of heroes : the 13-day struggle for the Alamo-- and the sacrifice that forged a nation / James Donovan. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012. x, 500 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-488) and index. Prologue -- The Hotspur -- "O! He Has Gone to Texas" -- "The Celebrated Desperado" -- "The Burly Is Begun" -- The Army of the People -- The Battle of Béxar -- "A Mere Corral and Nothing More" -- The Napoleon of the West -- The Backwoodsman -- The Road to Béxar -- "Circunvalado" -- "I Am Besieged" -- "This Time You May See Some Blood" -- "Devlish Dark" -- "His Excellency Expects Every Man to Do His Duty" -- "That Terrible Bugle Call of Death" -- The Bleeding Country -- "The Marrow Bone of Texas" -- Last Rites -- Afterword: Moses Rose and the Line. 20161108. Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Siege, 1836.