Forget the Alamo

Historians have argued for years that William B. Travis and the men in his command made a tragic mistake when they chose to face Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's army from the huge, dilapidated mission San Antonio de Valero - the Alamo. The theory is that the 180-odd men in Travis's command might have fared much better had they chosen to make their dramatic stand against tyranny from one of the smaller, more compact missions in the San Antonio area. But does the theory have validity? After years of intensive research, Wallace O. Chariton has addressed that question and the answer is dramatic. Much of what you read in this book is absolute historical fact. The remainder is interpolated fiction based on the actual events and on predictions of how the main characters might have reacted under slightly different circumstances. This is a book of what ifs: What if Travis, Bowie, Crockett, Bonham, and the others had chosen Mission Concepcion as their fortress of destiny? What if James Fannin