My favorite research memory is a tie between waking up in an igloo and being alone in the Alamo at night.
I first thought about writing a book about the Alamo when I was 14. I had been reading all these big whopping historical novels by Kenneth Roberts about the Revolutionary War and I wondered if I could one day write a book like that.
The most haunting Alamo myth is the line that Travis supposedly drew with his sword the night before the battle, giving his men the chance to stay and figh
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