From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   David Carson  wrote:   
   > On this date 190 years ago, the Mexican army at San Antonio under   
   > Generalisso Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna attacked a force of fewer than 200   
   > Texians in the Alamo. All of the defenders and up to a thousand Mexican   
   > soldiers were killed. During the 13-day siege that preceded the battle,   
   > the Texian commander, Lt. Colonel William Barret Travis, sent out multiple   
   > appeals for aid. Forty-six days later, the Texian army, inspired by   
   > Travis's appeals and their brothers' sacrifice, defeated Santa Anna at the   
   > Battle of San Jacinto. The Texians' battle cry: "Remember the Alamo!"   
      
   I know that David is well-versed in this bit of history, but for   
   anyone else curious about it, I recommend William C. Davis's "Three   
   Roads to the Alamo." Really a triple biography of Crockett, Bowie,   
   and Travis, but also a good and accessible treatment of the battle   
   and of the events leading up to it.   
      
   --   
   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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