The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad
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1913. The Texan Scouts is the second in the three-volume series, which includes The Texan Star and The Texan Triumph, and concerns the fortunes of Ned Fulton and his friends. The book begins: The horseman rode slowly toward the west, stopping once or twice to examine the wide circle of the horizon with eyes that were trained to note every aspect of the wilderness. On his right the plains melted away in gentle swell after swell, until they met the horizon. Their brown surface was broken only by the spiked and thorny cactus and stray bits of chaparral. See other titles by this author available f...
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- THE TEXAN SCOUTS
- A STORY OF THE ALAMO AND GOLIAD BY
- JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
- AUTHOR OF
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- THE TEXAN SCOUTS
- CHAPTER I
- IN THE STORM
- CHAPTER II
- THE CAPTIVES
- CHAPTER III
- THE FIGHT WITH URREA
- CHAPTER IV
- THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
- CHAPTER V
- SANTA ANNA'S ADVANCE
- CHAPTER VI
- FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE
- CHAPTER VII
- THE HERALD OF ATTACK
- CHAPTER VIII
- IN THE ALAMO
- CHAPTER IX
- THE FLAG OF NO QUARTER
- CHAPTER X
- CROCKETT AND BOWIE
- CHAPTER XI
- THE DESPERATE DEFENCE
- CHAPTER XII
- BEFORE THE DICTATOR
- CHAPTER XIII
- TO THE LAST MAN
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE NEWS OF THE FALL
- CHAPTER XV
- IN ANOTHER TRAP
- CHAPTER XVI
- FANNIN'S CAMP
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE SAD SURRENDER
- CHAPTER XVIII
- THE BLACK TRAGEDY
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE RACE FOR THE BOAT
- CHAPTER XX
- THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE
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