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The Other Alamo
Pelican Publishing Company
April 2007
On Sale: April 4, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 1589804570
EAN: 9781589804579
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction History
The Alamo fell in thirteen days, with all its defenders
killed. One hundred miles away, Goliad surrendered after a
single day's battle, with the prisoners then executed by
firing squad. Only twenty escaped by flinging themselves
into the San Antonio River. Historians note that the Alamo
was a fortress that should not have been defended and was,
while Goliad was a fortress that could have been defended
but was not.
After the fall of Goliad and the Alamo, Sam Houston
retreated to east Texas. His army grew, as the struggle was
now for independence and survival. Houston caught Santa
Anna at San Jacinto, defeating his army in an eighteen-
minute battle. The battle cry of the Texans was "Remember
the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" Everyone knows the Alamo, but
the story of Goliad has been forgotten, until now. The
tragic events at Goliad shaped Texas as much as those at
the Alamo, and William Bradle reminds us of the horror,
charity, bravery, and mercy endured there. This fast-moving narrative presents the struggles of the
participants, both Texan and Mexican, and reveals the
overriding egos and bad planning on both sides of the war.
It is historically accurate, based on actual documents and
the many books, both scholarly and popular, written on the
Texas revolution.
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