"Donovan's book readsfast, like a gallop through South Texas. You are carried through it. The Alamo is one of the greatest American stories, and he tells it in a sweeping, propulsive narrative that includes fine portraits of all of those wonderful, larger-than-life figures that have embedded themselves in the national lexicon: General Santa Anna, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and William Barret Travis. A first-rate read from a fine historian." (author ofEmpire of the Summer MoonS.C. Gwynne)
"The best book on Texas history....This is a big deal.... It's probably the best nonfiction I have read about Texas, history told in a way that reads like fiction....The Blood of Heroesis a good book for anyone with a love of history." (Dallas Morning NewsMichael Merschel)
"The Blood of Heroesis surely the best account to date, one that presents plenty of new insights while acting as a corrective-or at least an alternative viewpoint-to previous accounts....Donovan combines that vital blend of authoritative scholarship with the vivid writing necessary to make an oft-told tale seem fresh." (Military History QuarterlyWilliam C. Davis)
"The best book on the battle [of the Alamo]...Donovan has a splendid sense of historical narrative...Those making their entrance into Alamo lore for the first time are well advised to begin withThe Blood of Heroes." (Houston ChronicleAllen Barra)
"Jim Donovan combines two exceptional talents-those of a first rate story teller and a first rate historian. InThe Blood of ...
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