The Gates of the Alamo - Brossura

Harrigan, Stephen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0141000023 ISBN 13: 9780141000022

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2001

Riassunto

A full-scale fictional chronicle centered around the fall of the Alamo bristles with historical figures, including Jim Bowie, Santa Anna, and David Crockett, among others, as it provides a dramatic re-creation of an event that shaped the history and identity of Texas. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"The historical novel at its best...With it, Harrigan [has] emerged as the leading Texan writer of his generation and an American writer of the first rank." --San Francisco Chronicle

"The first great novel of the 21st century....This is storytelling at its finest." --Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"A time and a place, a vanished world in which gallant death and honor still held tangible appeal, while merciless slaughter was more likely the rule, are evoked with great skill." --The New York Times Book Review

"A picturesque historical saga comparable to Lonesome Dove and The Killer Angels...a new masterpiece in the literature of fact." --Christian Science Monitor

L'autore:

Stephen Harrigan, a longtime writer for Texas Monthly and many other magazines, is the author of the novels Aransas and Jacob's Well. His other books include Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef and the essay collections A Natural State and Comanche Midnight. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Stephen Harrigan, a longtime writer for Texas Monthly and many other magazines, is the author of the novelsAransas and Jacob's Well. His other books include Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef and the essay collectionsA Natural State and Comanche Midnight. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141000023
• ISBN 13: 9780141000022
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 592