Any history buffs here that can name a book about The Alamo and the

[BOSCO2]

history of Texas around that time? I just watched The Alamo(the Dennis Quaid version) for about the 5th time and always enjoy it. I just never know how historically accurate it is. Can anyone help me out?

 

[Nellie R]

history of Texas around that time? I just watched The Alamo(the Dennis Quaid version) for about the 5th time and always enjoy it. I just never know how historically accurate it is. Can anyone help me out?

Read TEXAS by James Michener. Just about as accurate as one can get, while writing it in novel form.

 

[BobPSU92]

On this forum, you should be asking about the Alamo Bowl.

 

[BOSCO2]

Read TEXAS by James Michener. Just about as accurate as one can get, while writing it in novel form.

Thanks.

 

[phillybillyreprise]

Stayed at the Emily Morgan hotel when we played on the Alamo Bowl. It is right next to the Alamo.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.history.com/news/ask-history/who-was-the-yellow-rose-of-texas

 

[humpydudas19]

Urp, heave....bleccccccccccccccchhhhhh!!!!!!

 

[BobPSU92]

Remember the Alamo Bowl.

 

[We Are . . .]

history of Texas around that time? I just watched The Alamo(the Dennis Quaid version) for about the 5th time and always enjoy it. I just never know how historically accurate it is. Can anyone help me out?

Blood of Heroes by James Donovan
Three Roads to the Alamo by William C. Davis

 

[Tom McAndrew]

history of Texas around that time? I just watched The Alamo(the Dennis Quaid version) for about the 5th time and always enjoy it. I just never know how historically accurate it is. Can anyone help me out?

I've read several. The one I would most recommend is:

Duel of Eagles, by Jeff Long

I believe it was initially published in 1990, and it still holds up as one of the best examinations of the battle from the perspectives of both sides.

 

[Mack_Daddy]

history of Texas around that time? I just watched The Alamo(the Dennis Quaid version) for about the 5th time and always enjoy it. I just never know how historically accurate it is. Can anyone help me out?

 

[RandyL]

I agree with Three Roads to the Alamo; but have not read Duel of Eagles.

 

[Roar More]

13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo by Lon Tinkle. It's relatively old, but it held my interest. I read it in high school and still recall it fifty years later. I guess that almost makes it a contemporary account.

 

[NedFromYork]

Not about the Alamo but about the successor Mexican America War, Gone for Soldiers by Jeff Shaara is great.

 

[BOSCO2]

Thanks for the input.