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Entertaining and educational, a vivid and accurate period portrayal. The two principal characters weave their way in and out of events leading up to the battle of the Alamo and culminating in the final defeat and capture of Santa Anna's army, with interesting anecdotal scenes involving Jim Bowey and Sam Houston. Burke has obviously done a tremendous amount of research on the topic, locations, characters and social mores of the time. I balked a bit at the profusely gratuitous profanity of Hugh Allison, though his character was otherwise expertly drawn and the main source of historically authentic information and detail. The novel provides an indelible portrait of a critical period of American history, with all its grit, grime and glory.
There isn't a James Lee Burke novel that I HAVEN'T enjoyed....he's an excellent writer, and you can't help but get involved with his wonderful characters. The stories are compelling, they're ADDICTING to read, and I've read every single one I could get my hands on...with joy! If you want a writer whose stories are excellent....JLB is your answer!!
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I didn’t realize what an old dried out “mass market” paperback looked like. Bad Threw it away and found a hardback
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IF YOU LOVE JAMES LEE BURKE'S DAVE ROBICHEAUX BOOKS, NOT TO MENTION HIS BILLY BOB HOLLAND SERIES, THIS BOOK WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN! TWO FOR TEXAS HAS THE SAME RELAXED COUNTRY FEEL WE'VE COME TO EXPECT, WITH A HISTORY LESSON ATTACHED. THIS BOOK WOULD APPEAL TO FANS OF THE WESTERN AND HISTORICAL GENRES AS WELL.
I have a collection of this writers works and think his story telling is very good i try to buy one or two of his books once a month thru E-Bay
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