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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Bookworm[/i] [br]This is one of the best historical novels I've ever read! In fact, it was so good that I devoted most of New Year's weekend to reading it. The author mixes real and fictional characters in a story that covers the weeks leading up to the battle. Bowie makes a few appearances before the battle itself, Travis and Crockett don't appear until the story shifts to the Alamo itself, but the portrayals of all three, and especially Crockett, are quite consistent with the way they're portrayed in the movie. (Houston, however, doesn't come off well at all, and Santa Anna is described as "lean"!) There's also an excellent narrative thread describing the suffering of the soldados as they make their way north to the Alamo. Highly recommended for anyone interested in historical fiction in general and the Alamo in particular. P.S. The dog survives. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.