Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto
and the Texas Independence Campaign
Rowman & Littlefield, 522 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" format, soft cover, 100+ images
This is the definitive account of the Texas Revolution campaign and its climactic battle which earned Texas its independence from Mexico in 1836. Drawing heavily on first-hand accounts from both sides of the conflict, Eighteen Minutes examines the men, their choices, and the controversies that make San Jacinto such an interesting part of our state's rich history. True West Magazine reported, "With its detailed, first-hand accounts, this excellent book easily replaces our old (1959) standby, Frank Tolbert's Day of San Jacinto."
The appendices for Eighteen Minutes include rosters of all Texan companies involved in the campaign, as well as Texan casualties and Mexican officers killed or wounded. From the fall of the Alamo to the treaty of Velasco, the San Jacinto campaign and its men are described in exhaustive detail that will prove valuable to many future students of military history and family genealogists. |