TY - BOOK AU - Donovan,Jim TI - The blood of heroes: the 13-day struggle for the Alamo-- and the sacrifice that forged a nation SN - 0316053740 : HRD AV - F390 .D66 2012 U1 - 976.4/03 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown KW - Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) KW - Siege, 1836 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-488) and index; Prologue -- The hotspur -- "O! He has gone to Texas" -- "The celebrated desperado" -- "The burly is begun" -- The army of the p N2 - Describes the valiant fight by two hundred Americans in an abandoned mission near San Antonio, Texas, against the Mexican Army ER -