The Gates Of The Alamo

A New York Times bestselling novel, modern historical classic, and winner of the TCU Texas Book Award, The Spur Award and the Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Novel ItÆs 1836, and the Mexican province of Texas is in revolt. As General Santa AnnaÆs forces move closer to the small fort that will soon be legend, three peopleÆs fates will become intrinsically tied to the coming battle: Edmund McGowan, a proud and gifted naturalist; the widowed innkeeper Mary Mott; and her sixteen-year-old son, Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love has led him into the line of fire. Filled with dramatic scenes, and abounding in fictional and historical personalitiesùamong them James Bowie, David Crockett, William Travis, and Stephen AustinùThe Gates of the Alamo is a faithful and compelling look at a riveting chapter in American history.

• | Author: Stephen Harrigan
• | Publisher: Vintage
• | Publication Date: Jan 24, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 592 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0525431810
• | ISBN-13: 9780525431817