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Title	:	The Gates of the Alamo
Author	:	Stephen Harrigan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 592 pages
Published	:	March 1st 2001 by Penguin Books (first published 2000)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Westerns

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A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo in 1836--an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history--The Gates of the Alamo follows the lives of three people whose fates become bound to the now-fabled Texas fort: Edmund McGowan, a proud and gifted naturalist whose life's work is threatened by the war against Mexico; the resourceful, widowed innkeeper Mary Mott; and her sixteen-year-old son, Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love leads him instead to war, and into the crucible of the Alamo. The story unfolds with vivid immediacy and describes the pivotal battle from the perspective of the Mexican attackers as well as the American defenders. Filled with dramatic scenes, and abounding in fictional and historical personalities--among them James Bowie, David Crockett, William Travis, and General Santa Anna--The Gates of the Alamo enfolds us in history and, through its remarkable and passionate storytelling, allows us to participate at last in an American legend.

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Original Title:	The Gates of the Alamo
ISBN:	0141000023 (ISBN13: 9780141000022)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Texas(United States)
Literary Awards:	Spur Award for Best Novel of the West (2001), National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Award for Western Novel (2001)

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After finishing "Two for Texas," I was interested in learning more about Texas history. This book was recommended, and I liked it very much. It did focus on the months leading up to the Battle of the Alamo, but the author included descriptive passages that provided general history about the diverse communities and peoples of the area. I'd read other books that referenced early German settlements in Texas, and this book also mentioned Irish settlers. When you add in the Easterners (with or

As an Alamo fanatic, I've read just about everything ever written about the siege of the Alamo. Stephen Harrigans novel outshines every other tome on the subject. His historical research is dead on and his characterizations are great. He creates people you care about.

I have read many works on the battle of the Alamo...some intellectual and crammed with facts, others packed with adventure. Until reading Mr. Harrigan's novel I had never read anything that combined the adventure and history so completely. I will not bore the reader by repeating the story which most American's are well acquainted with. I can only tell the reader that he has integrated the story of three fictitious individuals caught up by circumstance if the saga. Harrigan's story covers several

The story of the Alamo is clouded in myths and counter myths. Your personal belief is probably dependent upon your high school social studies education. It is a story that most Americans know because of the countless books and films on the subject. What is clear is that, it forms a major component of Texas history. In Stephen Harrigans THE GATES OF THE ALAMO we are presented with a new approach to the story through the eyes of fictional characters; Edmund McGowan, a loner dedicated to botanical

What I love about this book is how Harrigan goes out of his way to show that the instigators of the Texas Revolution were a bunch of drunks, liars, and rabble-rousers with no justification for agitating for war. He follows the stories of two officers in the Mexican Army, and details their travails as pawns in a war that was imposed on them as surely as it was on the average Texan settler. He describes the senseless carnage and brutality wrought by self-important and stubborn men, not in service

Such a richly written historical fiction novel!Even though I grew up in Texas, I never really cared for Texas history growing up. This novel made what I remember as tedious facts and timeliness into a human story. Stephen Harrigan has such a talent for engrossing the reader into the human drama without tainting the historical aspects.

An interesting take on a historical event which is very well known. This explores a little more of what happened in the build-up to the siege itself and the aftermath at the Goliad (the "other" Alamo) as well as offering a sympathetic look at a broad range of characters. Some other reviewers have pointed out that the last few chapters seem hurried- which they are, as if the author realized that he had got to a certain number of words and then needed to wrap it all up - and the framing device set