Origin And Fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836 (Texas History Tales, #1) (eBook, ePUB)
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"Origin And Fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836" by John S. Ford is a look at one of the most famous battles in U. S. Military history; the fall of the Alamo in the Texas War for independence.John Salmon Ford 1815-97 was a member of the Republic of Texas Congress; theTexas State Senate; mayor of Brownsville, Texas; a Texas Ranger; a Confederate Colonel and a Texas journalist.Ford, known to contemporaries as "Rip" Ford for always including the words "Rest In Peace" after the names of battle causalities in battle reports, was an early settler of Texas arriving in 1836. He spent his later years writ...
"Origin And Fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836" by John S. Ford is a look at one of the most famous battles in U. S. Military history; the fall of the Alamo in the Texas War for independence.
John Salmon Ford 1815-97 was a member of the Republic of Texas Congress; theTexas State Senate; mayor of Brownsville, Texas; a Texas Ranger; a Confederate Colonel and a Texas journalist.
Ford, known to contemporaries as "Rip" Ford for always including the words "Rest In Peace" after the names of battle causalities in battle reports, was an early settler of Texas arriving in 1836. He spent his later years writing reminiscences and historical articles and promoting an interest in Texas history. This was written in 1896 to help raise money for the Alamo Monument. It gives a history of the fateful battle of the Alamo, during which 190 Texans withstood the siege of 4,000 Mexican troops until finally overwhelmed. The cry, "Remember The Alamo" became a watchword in the Texas struggle for independence and has remained so throughout U. S. Military history.
In the "Historical Remarks" section at the end of the book, some little known interesting facts are give about San Antonio history both before and after the battle of the Alamo.
A great battle history of the struggle for the Alamo using the historic records of the time. Very scarce in the original binding, it is presented in an inexpensive e-book for those interested is this pivotal battle.
There are approximately 14,750+ words and approximately 49+ pages at 300 words per page in this short e-book.
NOTE: This book has been scanned then OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been applied to turn the scanned page images back into editable text. Then every effort has been made to correct typos, spelling, and to eliminate stray marks picked up by the OCR program. The original and/or extra period images, if any, were then placed in the appropriate place and, finally, the file was formatted for the e-book criteria of the site. This means that the text CAN be re-sized, searches performed, & bookmarks added, unlike some other e-books that are only scanned---errors, stray marks, and all.
We have added an Interactive Table of Contents & an Interactive List of Illustrations if any were present in the original. This means that the reader can click on the links in the Table of Contents or the List of Illustrations & be instantly transported to that chapter or illustration.
Our aim is to provide the reader AND the collector with long out-of-print (OOP) classic books at realistic prices. If you load your mobile device(s) with our books, not only will you have fingertip access to a large library of antiquarian and out-of-print material at reasonable prices, but you can mark them up electronically & always have them for immediate reference without worrying about damage or loss to expensive bound copies.
We will be adding to our titles regularly, look for our offerings on your favorite e-book site.
John Salmon Ford 1815-97 was a member of the Republic of Texas Congress; theTexas State Senate; mayor of Brownsville, Texas; a Texas Ranger; a Confederate Colonel and a Texas journalist.
Ford, known to contemporaries as "Rip" Ford for always including the words "Rest In Peace" after the names of battle causalities in battle reports, was an early settler of Texas arriving in 1836. He spent his later years writing reminiscences and historical articles and promoting an interest in Texas history. This was written in 1896 to help raise money for the Alamo Monument. It gives a history of the fateful battle of the Alamo, during which 190 Texans withstood the siege of 4,000 Mexican troops until finally overwhelmed. The cry, "Remember The Alamo" became a watchword in the Texas struggle for independence and has remained so throughout U. S. Military history.
In the "Historical Remarks" section at the end of the book, some little known interesting facts are give about San Antonio history both before and after the battle of the Alamo.
A great battle history of the struggle for the Alamo using the historic records of the time. Very scarce in the original binding, it is presented in an inexpensive e-book for those interested is this pivotal battle.
There are approximately 14,750+ words and approximately 49+ pages at 300 words per page in this short e-book.
NOTE: This book has been scanned then OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been applied to turn the scanned page images back into editable text. Then every effort has been made to correct typos, spelling, and to eliminate stray marks picked up by the OCR program. The original and/or extra period images, if any, were then placed in the appropriate place and, finally, the file was formatted for the e-book criteria of the site. This means that the text CAN be re-sized, searches performed, & bookmarks added, unlike some other e-books that are only scanned---errors, stray marks, and all.
We have added an Interactive Table of Contents & an Interactive List of Illustrations if any were present in the original. This means that the reader can click on the links in the Table of Contents or the List of Illustrations & be instantly transported to that chapter or illustration.
Our aim is to provide the reader AND the collector with long out-of-print (OOP) classic books at realistic prices. If you load your mobile device(s) with our books, not only will you have fingertip access to a large library of antiquarian and out-of-print material at reasonable prices, but you can mark them up electronically & always have them for immediate reference without worrying about damage or loss to expensive bound copies.
We will be adding to our titles regularly, look for our offerings on your favorite e-book site.
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