A Time to Stand

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U of Nebraska Press, Jan 1, 1978 - History - 255 pages
A "fascinating recreation of the battle of the Alamo."-Books Across the Sea
 

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Contents

Foreword
11
The Enemy Are in View
92
Take Care of My Little Boy
141
Great God Sue the Mexicans
154
It Was But a Small Affair
167
Remember the Alamo
180
Riddles of the Alamo
198
The Men Who Fell at the Alamo
213
Acknowledgments
220
Sources
227
Index
247
Copyright

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Walter Lord
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A Time to Stand
Walter Lord
Snippet view - 1961
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References to this book

About the author (1978)

Walter Lord is the author of such bestsellers as "A Night to Remember," "Day of Infamy," and "The Good Years: From Nineteen Hundred to the First World War."

Bibliographic information

TitleA Time to Stand
Volume 678 of Bison books
AuthorWalter Lord
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherU of Nebraska Press, 1978
ISBN0803279027, 9780803279025
Length255 pages
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