General Jackson's protégé -- Gone to Texas -- -- "Come and take it" -- Concepción -- A slow siege at the Alamo -- The defenders -- Twelve days of uncertainty -- The massacre -- Bring out the dead -- Houston hears the news -- Fort defiance -- The Texian exodus -- An army assembles -- The Battle at San Jacinto -- "Remember the Alamo!" -- Old Sam Jacinto -- President Sam Houston

"In his now trademark fashion, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"--