13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo.

New York:: McGraw-Hill, 1958.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red binding; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Appendix. Map endpapers. Description: Dust jacket design by Joseph Escourido. Includes a short section of black and white plates. A day by day account of the siege of the Alamo. ''Witness the re-creation of one of the most exciting, inspiring moments in American history. In this action-packed drama Lon Tinkle reveals the men behind our native myths -- the great figures of American legend as they were at the time of their martyrdom. Here is Jim Bowie, hard-drinking, hard-living giant beloved by all the men at the Alamo except the Regular Army man who contested his command - Travis -- superior, stern, a puritan everywhere and to everyone except his diary and his women. Here, too, is colorful Davy Crockett, down with his Tennessee Boys for little fighting. There are the thirty-two men from Goliad who come to fight knowing there was no hope for survival. Watch the strange spinning of the web of ironies and circumstances that led inexorably to the climax of March 6, 1836. Completely authenticated, documented from actual records, this is a tribute to Texas in her finest hour.'' The only date given is the original 1958 copyright; this is a later printing; circa early 1970s.