Remember the Alamo!
By John Schoenherr and T.R. Fehrenbach
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Remember the Alamo! - John Schoenherr
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Title: Remember the Alamo
Author: R. R. Fehrenbach
Illustrator: Schoenherr
Release Date: October 16, 2009 [EBook #30267]
Language: English
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Remember the
Alamo!
By R. R. FEHRENBACH
THIS IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL COMMENTS ON THE MODERN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY I HAVE SEEN—A REALLY BLOOD-CHILLING LITTLE TALE....
ILLUSTRATED BY SCHOENHERR
oward sundown, in the murky drizzle, the man who called himself Ord brought Lieutenant colonel William Barrett Travis word that the Mexican light cavalry had completely invested Bexar, and that some light guns were being set up across the San Antonio River. Even as he spoke, there was a flash and bang from the west, and a shell screamed over the old mission walls. Travis looked worried.
What kind of guns?
he asked.
Nothing to worry about, sir,
Ord said. Only a few one-pounders, nothing of respectable siege caliber. General Santa Anna has had to move too fast for any big stuff to keep up.
Ord spoke in his odd accent. After all, he was a Britainer, or some other kind of foreigner. But he spoke good Spanish, and he seemed to know everything. In the four or five days since he had appeared he had become very useful to Travis.
Frowning, Travis asked, How many Mexicans, do you think, Ord?
Not more than a thousand, now,
the dark-haired, blue-eyed