The Alamo, by John Myers Myers
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The Alamo, first published in 1948 is the classic account of the siege and fighting at the Alamo in San Antonio, as well as a comprehensive look at the history and events leading up to the battle. Included are 3 maps and a plan of the Alamo. John Myers Myers (1906-1988) was the author of 17 books ranging from history and historical fiction to fantasy.
The Alamo, by John Myers Myers - Amazon Sales Rank: #557890 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-04
- Released on: 2015-10-04
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The Alamo, by John Myers Myers Review ''Here is a historian with the vitality and drive to match his subject. A reporter of the first rank, he can clothe the dry bones of history with the living stuff of which today's news is made.'' --Chicago Tribune''The majority of the stories of the Alamo fight have been partly legendary, partly hearsay, and at best fragmentary. It has been left to John Myers Myers to present an exhaustively researched book which reveals the chronicle of the siege of the Alamo in an entirely different light . . . Myers' story will stand as the best that has yet been written on the Alamo . . . It's a classic.'' --Boston Post
About the Author JOHN MYERS MYERS, noted for his thorough research and vivid style, is also the author of Doc Holiday, Tombstone's Early Years, and The Saga of Hugh Glass: Pirate, Pawnee, and Mountain Man.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. An excellent tribute to real hearoes of American History! By Michael J Woznicki In American history there are a great number of battles that have shaped the United States into the country we have become, the Alamo is among them. This audio recording is one of the most complete accounts of that historic event that Texas to independence.Myers take you on a journey back to the days of Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston and Stephen Austin. The journey begins with the American immigration into the Mexican Territory of Texas and how the Spanish rule was law of the land.The history books fall short when recounting the exploits of the over 180 men who gave their lives in the cause of freedom, this recording gives them the just and well deserved place in the annals of history. The recording is 5 1 ½ Hour cassettes and well worth the time to listen to each.If you wan to learn what really happened in the mission turned fort spend the time and money to get this recording, you won't be disappointed. John Myers Myers is certainly the foremost expert on the subject.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Informative, classic, inspirational By Librarian First published in 1948, John Myers Myers' THE ALAMO is the first of three outstanding, older Alamo books; the other two are THIRTEEN DAYS TO GLORY, by Lon Tinkle (1958) and A TIME TO STAND, by Walter Lord (1961). These three foundational classics serve as prerequisite reading for all subsequent Alamo books for which they paved the way. Admittedly, more recent ones have the benefit of many years' worth of additional research; they share new discoveries, revised interpretations, keen insights, and some challenging conjectures; and they provide newly translated and valuable (but sometimes questionable) accounts by enemy combatants and other Mexican eyewitnesses. Many of those new Alamo books are not only comprehensive but especially well-written, and there are many good ones. I particularly like THE ALAMO STORY by J.R. Edmondson, THE BLOOD OF HEROES by James Donovan, TEXIAN ILIAD by Stephen L. Hardin, BLOOD OF NOBLE MEN by Alan C. Huffines, EYEWITNESS TO THE ALAMO by Bill Groneman, and THE ALAMO REMEMBERED: TEJANO ACCOUNTS AND PERSPECTIVES by Timothy M. Matovina.As good as those more recent books are, newer is not always better, and some modern authors feel a need to promote a particular cultural agenda, provide an extreme level of socio-political correctness, or even demonstrate an in-your-face anti-Americanism that can make their Alamo books excessively polemical and iconoclastic; one such book is EXODUS FROM THE ALAMO by Phillip Thomas Tucker. Armed with what he apparently felt was new information he could use to cast aspersions on the valor of Alamo defenders, Tucker chose to impart his "revelation" within the milleau of a Santa Anna-praising, "racist warfare" (his term) diatribe pitting "Anglo-Celts" (his term) against Mexicans. (He conveniently overlooks the fact that many freedom-loving Mexicans fought alongside their Anglo compatriots in the Alamo).What Tucker "revealed," though no secret to today's knowledgeable Alamo buffs, WAS unknown to Myers: That on Day-13, the last morning of the siege, after the final Mexican assault successfully took place and all was hopelessly lost, some surviving Texians apparently executed a contingency plan of sorts in a desperate attempt to escape being slaughtered. Whether it was pre-planned and formally organized or spur-of-the-moment and spontaneous is debatable, but it resulted in a significent number of Texians fleeing to a swampy area just OUTSIDE the Alamo walls, there to be cut down by Mexican cavalry on the lookout for such breakouts. There were likely others, elsewhere, who did likewise. If Tucker meant this to somehow sour the Alamo mythos, his purpose failed. A last-ditch survival attempt when the battle was hopelessly lost and all was chaos in no way diminishes the heroic status of any Alamo defenders, either individually or corporately, and whether inside or outside the compound, they still died "at the Alamo."As you read Myers' or any other Alamo account, bear in mind, its defenders were not participants in a suicide pact; rather, they were brave citizen-soldiers who dutifully remained at their posts to fight until overwhelming circumstances realistically dictated otherwise. With the exception of appointed messengers and Louis Rose (presumably the one man who didn't cross Travis's line to stay), every defender who fought at the Alamo DID die there. Santa Anna had previously let it be known he would not be taking any prisoners. When, according to an account of dubious veracity, a handful of Texians -- supposedly including Crockett -- surrendered and were taken to him, he ordered them to be slain on the spot. (Myers clearly states this is a sheer fabrication, but even so, it truthfully reflects Santa Anna's character. When the entire Texian force of some 400 men at Goliad surrendered to him, Santa Anna marched them all out to be shot en masse.) Essentially, only women and young children, an adult Mexican male who claimed he was being held prisoner, and one or two non-combatant black slaves were spared when the Alamo fell.Myers carefully considers all the information available to him in 1948 to provide one of the first, detailed, big-picture, Alamo accounts. Admittedly, the first few chapters of early Spanish and Mexican history, though necessary, can be taxing, as can be some of the intricate and tumultuous political maneuverings between the earliest Anglo colonists of Texas and the ruling governments. To some Alamo aficionados, this may be familiar enough to skim, but to others, perhaps encountering this information for the first time, it may be eye-opening (or sleep-inducing). That accomplished, however, Myers finally gets around to describing the Alamo compound and its defenders, men of diverse backgrounds from many U.S. states and various different countries. Some were already living legends (like Bowie and Crockett) but most were relatively obscure. Few of them were saints, and all were mere mortals with hopes and dreams of bettering their lives. But coming together in this particular time and place, they bravely chose to unite against an overwhelming Mexican force personally led by a ruthless, vain-glorious, death-demanding dictator.Early books may give the impression that once "trapped" inside the Alamo, its defenders had little choice but to stay and, therefore, fight to the death. That is not true. Athough Myers does not say so, we now know that during much of the siege, the sprawling Alamo complex was surprisingly porous, and people (including Mexican spies!) came and went nearly up till the last day -- meaning that no one was necessarily irrevocably trapped inside its walls. For thirteen days, on a daily basis, Alamo defenders virtually renewed their commitment to remain to fight, and having done so, they ultimately went down -- not in defeat and not in retreat, but in glory, to be rightly hailed as martyrs to the cause of freedom they espoused. For Santa Anna, on the other hand, the Alamo's fall was a costly, ignoble, and very short-lived victory; it soon led to his defeat, to Texian victory at San Jacinto, and to the creation of the Republic of Texas. The heroes of the Alamo did not die in vain, and debunkers of history can never successfully besmirch their honor though they may try to do so. But because they try, we need rousing accounts like Myers' to continually remind us (and the generations that follow us) of their valor.Although Myers' ALAMO does not reflect the most recent scholarship -- for that we turn to the newer books -- he still gets everything right about those things that REALLY matter, and today when we "Remember the Alamo," THIS is essentially how we remember it. Myers' book deserves to be read -- as do the others I mentioned above (especially Walter Lord's, which, despite its age, is arguably the very best of ALL Alamo books, old or new). But after reading it, take a few minutes to contemplate these two questions: Would YOU have stayed to fight at the Alamo? Is there a present-day Alamo in YOUR life about which you feel strongly enough to defend to the death? Your answers to those questions will give you a better understanding of the commitment of the Alamo defenders.You may wish to compare this edition to the $9.99 Bison ebook edition; both are impeccably-formatted, but this one costs consideraby less (so it is the ebook version I purchased to replace my two well-worn physical copies). Except for a vital layout of the Alamo compound, however, the maps in both editions are too small to be of any real or practical use. There are no photographs or illustrations.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Tale Of Heroes When We Need Them Most By Joseph A. Aycock Mr. Myers wrote this book in 1948, and based it on careful research into the facts as they were known at the time. THE ALAMO is a story of heroic men, dedicated to the cause of freedom, sacrificing their lives willingly for that cause. Bowie, Crockett, Travis, and all the others with them, were the stuff of legends, and as such we should remember them. This is a story to rival THE ILLIAD in its nobility of character and cause. Sadly, later research has shown that these giants were, like the Trojans, at least partialy the product of myth, and their cause was not quite so noble. But this in no way detracts from the telling of a great tale, and, if the men of the Alamo were not quite as tall as we imagined them, they were still men deservant of our admiration. They died for what they believed in, and this is their story, from the first man who ever bothered to compile the whole thing in one place.
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