13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo (Southwest Landmarks) [Paperback]

Lon Tinkle (Author)

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Tinkle did a "fine job of research and excellent job of reporting" in his recounting the siege of the Alamo. "The narrative is swift, the description lucid" (LJ 4/15/58).
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“The story of the Alamo has been written many times but never so well as by the late Lon Tinkle, professor of French and comparative literature at Southern Methodist University.”--author and book editor of the Dallas Morning News

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Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: TAMU Press (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890967075
• ISBN-13: 978-0890967072
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very imformative on the Alamo, January 21, 1999

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This review is from: 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo (Southwest Landmark) (Hardcover)

I am 11 yrs. old and a big history buff. "13 Days to Glory" gives you very good information and insight on the Alamo. I have read other books on the Alamo and they were not solely based on fact, but rather written for entertainment purposes.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth of Myth, March 18, 2000

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P. M. Summer "simul iustus et peccator" (Kyle, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo (Southwest Landmarks) (Paperback)

Dr. Tinkle's account of the Battle of the Alamo has, in some ways, been a life-forming book. It was in these pages (as a child in the early 1960s) that the heroic/epic myth of the Alamo became realized to me. What culture (native Celt-German-Texan) had begun in me, and what Disney and the Duke has fueled, became a way of life after reading Tinkle's account of the events now carved in stone in our national conscious. Col. Wm. Barrett Travis' mythical drawing of the line in the courtyard (whether true or not, true myth becomes myth made true) became a model for life. The pattern has been repeated dozen's of times: find a worthy cause, draw a line, get massacred. I owe it all to this book. Get a copy if you can.

While the recent Texian Illiad by Stephen Hardin, and Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo are both good reads (Gates of the Alamo sits on my nightstand, waiting its turn) that do much to shed both historical light on the battle, and dispel popular revisionist histories (the probably forged De la Pena's Diaries being the worst), Thirteen Days to Glory remains my sentimental favorite, the stuff that myths are made of, and fed by.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "No rendirse, muchachos", January 23, 2000

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Bret M. Duff (Poway California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo (Southwest Landmarks) (Paperback)

While profound, Travis's words: "Don't surrender, boys" (spoken in Spanish) - tell only part of this story of the Siege of the Alamo. But because of the circumstances surrounding the battle (no Texan Survivors) there is no way to ever truly know all of the events surrounding those final days. Yes this is not the only book on the subject that one should read if you want a well-rounded impartial view of these events. Regardless it makes for good reading and I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Texas revolt and it's ramifications. Many still affecting us to this day.