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Amelia E. Barr

Remember the Alamo

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Dec. 5, 2017)

"The book must...be distinctly considered one of Mrs. Barr's successes. It is stirring, it is picturesque, it is tender and strong by turns. The wonderful defense of the Alamo has never been so glowingly told. A full half century has gone by since the brave defenders gave up their lives in that fortress, but in Mrs. Barr's pages the account stirs our souls as if it were a deed of yesterday....To write a novel in which the impetuous rush of events shall hurry the reader from title page to finis with what may be called breathless interest is not in the power of everyone, but that is just what Mrs. Barr in her latest book 'Remember the Alamo,' has done. The successful accomplishment of such a task calls for peculiar powers....The book will furnish one more claim to Mrs. Barr's right to tank, all things considered, as the foremost novelist of her day in America." -The Boston Traveler

"Another of Mrs. Barr's literary successes, illustrating afresh her invention, her versatility, her skill in making herself at home anywhere, her power of artistically conceiving a subject and dramatically treating it, her ability to show a historic picture behind or in the midst of romantic action, and her strength, grace, and delicacy of expression merely as a writer of English....'Remember the Alamo' would be sufficient of itself to stamp Mrs. Barr as a talented author; a talented writer of fiction; and the historical knowledge on which the book rests, the evident careful study which has entered into its composition, and the information which it suffices to convey touching a remote corner of the Republic and an almost forgotten chapter in the national career, make it profitable as well as interesting reading. We will venture to say that most of the readers of "Remember the Alamo' will lay it down with the feeling that it has opened to them an entirely new precinct of American history." -The Literary World

"The story is interesting, chiefly because of its references to such historical characters as General Houston, 'Davy' Crockett, Col. Bowie, and other heroes who took part in the struggle for Texan independence. The story of the martyrs of Goliad, and of the Alamo, as told by Mrs. Barr, makes fascinating reading. She writes as an actual observer, so thorough seems her knowledge of the subject. Her style is clear, direct and attractive. The contrast, as pictured, between the vicious Santa Anna, the Mexican leader, and our own magnanimous Houston, could not be well more marked, or more calculated to gratify the admirers of this brave soldier._ -The American Magazine

"A page of history, little known but well worth knowing, is thus opened to us in Mrs. Barr's stirring account of the heroic struggle for Texan independence in 1836. The Alamo was the Thermopylae of Texas, and Americans may well remember the dauntless heroes who there faced death. A simple romance runs through the book, but the charm of the story only heightens the interest with which we follow the fate of armies and the fortunes of war." -The Sunday School Journal

"An interesting and prettily written story, having for its historical basis the events immediately preceding and accompanying the establishment of Texan independence in 1836....The time was full of stirring incidents - so full that Mrs. Barr, in dealing with the real men who figure in her tale, has not often gone outside the written record of either their words or their deeds. She knows how to be interesting in narration." -Catholic World

ISBN
1981423036 / 9781981423033
Pages
318
Weight
19.36 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.72 in.

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