04492cam a2200421 4500 234022915 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780375412745 0375412743 B0030CMK3K Amazon 09a69ebf-c9f1-4f77-ac3a-874283f4d4ce OverDrive (Reserve ID) 75565 5499 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Harrigan, Stephen. Gates of the Alamo [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2001. Format: OverDrive Adobe PDF eBook, Filesize: 2139kB. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 700kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo, an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history. With its vibrant, unexpected characters and its richness of authentic detail, The Gates of the Alamo is an unforgettable re-creation of a time, a place, and a heroic conflict. The time is 1835. At the center of a canvas crowded with Mexicans and Americans, with Karankawa and Comanche Indians, with settlers of many nationalities, stand three people whose fortunes quickly become our urgent concern: Edmund McGowan, a naturalist of towering courage and intellect, whose life's work is threatened by the war against Mexico and whose character is tested by his own dangerous pride; Mary Mott, a widowed innkeeper on the Texas coast, a determined and resourceful woman; and her sixteen-year-old son, Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love leads him instead to war, and into the crucible of the Alamo. As Edmund McGowan and Mary Mott take off in pursuit of Terrell and follow him into the fortress, the powerful but wary attraction between them deepens. And the reader is drawn with them into the harrowing days of the battle itself. Never before has the fall of the Alamo been portrayed with such immediacy. And for the first time the story is told not just from the perspective of the American defenders but from that of the Mexican attackers as well. We follow Blas Montoya, a sergeant in an elite sharpshooter company, as he fights to keep his men alive not only in the inferno of battle but also during the long forced march north from Mexico proper to Texas. And through the eyes of the ambitious mapmaker Telesforo Villasenor, we witness the cold deliberations of General Santa Anna. Filled with dramatic scenes, abounding in fictional and historical personalities -- among them James Bowie, David Crockett, and William Travis -- The Gates of the Alamo enfolds us in history, and through its remarkable and passionate storytelling allows us to participate at last in an American legend. From the Hardcover edition.. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:22. http://lonestardigitalibrary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=09a69ebf-c9f1-4f77-ac3a-874283f4d4ce http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/09A/69E/BF/GatesoftheAlamoANovel9780375412745.epub Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=09A69EBF-C9F1-4F77-AC3A-874283F4D4CE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/09A/69E/BF/GatesoftheAlamoANovel9780375412745.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=09A69EBF-C9F1-4F77-AC3A-874283F4D4CE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/09A/69E/BF/GatesoftheAlamoANovel9780375412745.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=09A69EBF-C9F1-4F77-AC3A-874283F4D4CE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/09A/69E/BF/GatesoftheAlamoANovel9780375412745.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=09A69EBF-C9F1-4F77-AC3A-874283F4D4CE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) BSBPL