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One Domingo Morning
The Story Of Alamo Joe
(Vintage Press)
274 pp.
ISBN 0-533-14862-6
$13.95
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"...the story of The Alamo is well-known,
with its legendary heroes named Travis, Crockett, and Bowie.
But this is not the usual Alamo memoir. This is the story of the
sole surviving American male, a twenty-four-year-old slave named
Joe, who is taken prisoner by
Santa Anna but escapes to ultimately
breathe free air.
(This book) vividly portrays not only the
days leading up to the now almost mythological battle, but also
the
siege itself and its gruesome aftermath. Honestly told in
spine-tingling detail, the author proceed from there to tell
Joe's story, one that is just as
compelling and fraught with heartrending moments as the story of The
Alamo itself. History and Alamo buffs alike will thrill to
this read, which the author presents in moving and fast-paced
action. It is the Alamo story you haven't heard
yet!" |