The Gates of the Alamo: A Novel

"With the 1836 battle of the Alamo as his backdrop, the author draws listeners into his story of an American naturalist and a strong-minded frontier widow and her 16-year-old son."@en
"A fictional chronicle centered around the fall of the Alamo provides a dramatic re-creation of an event that shaped the history and identity of Texas."@en
"Naturalist Edmund McGowan, and widowed innkeeper Mary Mott find themselves drawn to each other as they travel together in pursuit of Mary's sixteen-year-old son Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love has led him to war."@en
"A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the seige and fall of the Alamo, an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history."@en
"The story describes the pivotal battle from the perspective of the Mexican attackers as well as the American defenders."@en
"A full-scale fictional chronicle centered around the fall of the Alamo bristles with historical figures, including Jim Bowie, Santa Anna, and Davy Crockett, among others, as it provides a dramatic re-creation of an event that shaped the history and identity of Texas."
"A full-scale fictional chronicle centered around the fall of the Alamo bristles with historical figures, including Jim Bowie, Santa Anna, and Davy Crockett, among others, as it provides a dramatic re-creation of an event that shaped the history and identity of Texas."@en