The Sound of the Alamo

No one can come to the story of the Alamo without shock and awe. The tiny Spanish mission, built for prayer, not battle; 13 days in the cold of February and March of 1836; the deaths of Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett; less than 300 courageous men, women and children facing off against Santa Anna's army of 1,500. The Texans killed so many Mexican soldiers in one fierce battle, some soldiers ran away screaming, “Diablos! Diablos!” The fight was over land—Texas was then part of Mexico, who didn'