Five Essential Alamo Books

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1. The Alamo Story, by JR Edmondson: A good general narrative history.

2. Three Roads to the Alamo, by William C. Davis: Biographies of Travis, Bowie, and Crockett.

3. The Alamo Reader, by Todd Hansen: The most thorough collection of complete primary accounts about the Alamo.

4. The Illustrated Alamo 1836 - A Photographic Journey, by Mark Lemon: A detailed study of the Alamo Compound in 1836, it's hard to understand the battle without understanding the ground it was fought on. Mark Lemon has provided us the most historically and archaeologically verified view of the Alamo Compound to date,

5. Texian Iliad, by Stephen L. Hardin: A well written military history of the Texas Revolution.

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Books Previously on the List:

A Time to Stand, by Walter Lord: the classic narrative of the Battle of the Alamo

Sacrificed at the Alamo, by Bruce Winders: The first book to properly place and explain the battle of the Alamo as a Napoleonic era battle.

The Secret War for Texas, by Stuart Reid: A totally different and new look at the Texas Revolution, while not focused on the Alamo, it thoroughly explains the events in South Texas from December 1835 through March 1836 that culminated in the fall of the Alamo.

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