02462cam a2200301 i 4500 122736778 TxAuBib 19940210120000.0 750515s1961||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 61-10209 (OCoLC)727256 TxAuBib rda Lord, Walter, 1917- A time to stand. 1st ed. New York : Harper, 1961. 255 p. : ill. HB ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliography. To...all Americans in the world -- I am determined to provide for you a home -- Come forward and assist your Brethren -- The Supreme Government is Supremely Indignant -- We will rather die in these ditches than give it up -- The enemy are in view -- I Answered them with a Cannon Shot -- I don't like to be penned up -- 30 men has thrown themselves into bears -- I will report the result of my mission -- Take care of my little boy -- Great God, Sue, the Mexicans are inside out walls! -- It was but a small affair -- Remember the Alamo! -- Riddles of the Alamo -- The men who fell at the Alamo. On the morning of March 6, 1836, in an old abandoned mission called the Alamo, a small Texas garrison, fought to the death rather than yield to an overwhelming army of Mexicans. Through the years, the garrison's heroic stand has become so clothed in folklore and romance that the truth has nearly been lost. In A Time to Stand, Walter Lord rediscovers and recreates the whole fascinating story. From contemporary documents, diaries, and letters, he has mined a wealth of fresh information that throws intriguing sidelights on the epic of the Alamo. What were the defenders like? Why did they take their stand? Did any escape? Did Davy Crockett surrender? The cast of characters includes not only famous figures like Jim Bowie but unknown, unsung men: John Purdy Reynolds, the wandering Pennsylvania surgeon; George Kimball, the industrious New York hatter; Micajah Autry of Tennessee, who was a far better poet than a businessman. And then there are the Mexicans: the fabulous Santa Anna; the smooth Colonel Almonte; the forlorn private Juan Basquez, who only wanted to stay home and make shoes. 19940210. Alamo Siege, 1836. Texas San Antonio, TX. TXING