Post by Hollowhorn on Feb 10, 2012 20:01:47 GMT -5
For newbie's such as myself:
What a delightful book this is, chock full of information & illustrations.
It is coffee table sized & runs to some 217 pages. It covers the general history, the timeline, the weapons & uniforms, the great & the good on both sides. It also provides a fairly comprehensive list of defenders & a guide to movies, music & places to visit in the area. It has fairly large print (which is a bonus at my age) & the largest fold out representation of the Alamo in 1836 that you will ever see in book form.
The representation, I must say, is not without it's errors but it does contain a covered wagon, three distinct flags & a horse trough, superb.
The drawings are 'cartoon' style, they cover every aspect of the siege & battle & are entirely endearing. (At least to this reader)
Like every book on the Alamo, it has it's bloopers, it has 'Deaf' Smith scouting the Mexican approach to Bexar alongside Sutherland & leaving with him afterwards, it has the same 'Deaf' Smith leaving as a courier at a later date. I am sure that the authors must have corrected this at a later date in subsequent editions. But it does not let Kevin Young or Gary Zaboly off the hook ;D
All in all, a first class read. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
What a delightful book this is, chock full of information & illustrations.
It is coffee table sized & runs to some 217 pages. It covers the general history, the timeline, the weapons & uniforms, the great & the good on both sides. It also provides a fairly comprehensive list of defenders & a guide to movies, music & places to visit in the area. It has fairly large print (which is a bonus at my age) & the largest fold out representation of the Alamo in 1836 that you will ever see in book form.
The representation, I must say, is not without it's errors but it does contain a covered wagon, three distinct flags & a horse trough, superb.
The drawings are 'cartoon' style, they cover every aspect of the siege & battle & are entirely endearing. (At least to this reader)
Like every book on the Alamo, it has it's bloopers, it has 'Deaf' Smith scouting the Mexican approach to Bexar alongside Sutherland & leaving with him afterwards, it has the same 'Deaf' Smith leaving as a courier at a later date. I am sure that the authors must have corrected this at a later date in subsequent editions. But it does not let Kevin Young or Gary Zaboly off the hook ;D
All in all, a first class read. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
