Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #[6] - Alamo All-Stars

(March 2016)

The Alamo 1836 (Table of Contents: 1)

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The Texas Revolution 1835-36 (Table of Contents: 2)

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Title page, front matter, dedication

Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Moses Austin; Stephen Austin; Governor Martinez; Padre Miguel Hidalgo

Synopsis

Nathan Hale and Vicente Guerrero tell the tale of conflicts over Texas, and conflicts within Mexico, leading to an independent Mexico and an American settlement led by the Austins.

Keywords

Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 6)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; Governor Martinez; James Long; Jean Lafitte

Synopsis

The James Long filibustering expedition tries to seize part of Texas, but Jean Lafitte betrays them to Mexican authorities. Governor Martinez demands that Austin keep his own colonists peaceful and quiet.

Keywords

Mexico; pirate; Texas

Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 7)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; insurgents; Mexican troops; General Augustin de Iturbide; General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Presidente Guadelupe Victoria; Presidente Anastasio Bustamente

Synopsis

Austin steers clear of the Anglo uprising proclaiming Fredonia, but then has to live with increased military presence and a ban on immigration. Vicente Geurrero relates the early history of independent Mexico, including his own brief presidency and his later execution by firing squad.

Keywords

Firing squad; Mexico; president; revolution; Texas

Chapter 4 (Table of Contents: 8)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; William Travis; Patrick Jack; insurgents; Mexican troops

Synopsis

When Travis and Jack are arrested, Anglo Texans get them freed by pretending to be insurgents backing Santa Anna.

Keywords

Mexico; Texas

Chapter 5 (Table of Contents: 9)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; Jim Bowie; Norris Wright; Juan Martin de Veramendi; Ursula de Veramendi; Rezin Bowie; Comanche warriors

Synopsis

Jim Bowie comes to Texas, marries the most beautiful girl in Béxar, fights frequently, and throws himself into schemes that never make any money.

Keywords

Bowie knife; duel; Mexico; Texas; wedding

Chapter 6 (Table of Contents: 10)

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Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; Stephen Austin; Jim Bowie; insurgents; Mexican troops; Colonel Piedras; Captain Medina; Ramon Musquiz; Tejano leaders

Synopsis

Austin sends Jim Bowie to keep the peace in Nacogdoches, where instead he joins an insurgency and captures 200 Mexican troops. Meanwhile Austin persuades Tejano leaders to join the Anglos in pushing for Texas statehood.

Keywords

Mexico; Texas

Chapter 7 (Table of Contents: 11)

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Nathan Hale; Hangman; Provost; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Vice President Farias; Jim Bowie; Ursula; Cholera (personified as a monster)

Synopsis

Austin is arrested in Mexico City, suspected of treason. Jim Bowie's wife and children die of cholera.

Keywords

Cholera; Mexico City; prison; Texas

Chapter 8 (Table of Contents: 12)

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Nathan Hale; Hangman; Provost; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Jim Bowie; Mexican troops; Zacatecans; government officials; William Travis; Texicans

Synopsis

Santa Anna abolishes Congress and rules as a dictator, massacring an insurgent city to show his determination. Bowie and Travis urge the people of Texas to take up arms and protect themselves.

Keywords

Massacre; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 9 (Table of Contents: 13)

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Hangman; firing squad; Mexican troops; Lieutenant Castaneda; Governor Domingo Ugartechea; Texicans

Synopsis

Mexican troops try to confiscate the cannon at Gonzales, but townsfolk face them down.

Keywords

Cannon; Mexico; Texas

Chapter 10 (Table of Contents: 14)

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Nathan Hale; Hangman; Provost; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; Jim Bowie; Mexican troops; William Travis; Texians; Juan Seguin

Synopsis

Austin, released from prison, finds the Peace Party and the War Dogs in conflict; he calls for war. Jim Bowie leads an attack that captures a cannon and powder.

Keywords

Cannon; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 11 (Table of Contents: 15)

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Nathan Hale; Hangman; Mexican troops; Jim Bowie; William Travis; Texians; Ben Milam; Colonel Johnson; General Burleson; General Martín Perfecto de Cos; Felix de la Garza; General Domingo Ugartechea

Synopsis

Fired up by Ben Milam, Texians capture the Alamo after a lengthy siege.

Keywords

Alamo; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 12 (Table of Contents: 16)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; Jim Bowie; Juan Seguin; General Cos; Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill; Sam Houston; Texians; Mexican troops; Frank Johnson; James Grant; Philip Dimmit; James Fannin; Placido Benavides; General José de Urrea

Synopsis

Jim Bowie rejects orders to destroy the Alamo. Texians mount a disastrous assault on Matamoros.

Keywords

Alamo; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 13 (Table of Contents: 17)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Stephen Austin; Jim Bowie; Juan Seguin; Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill; Tejanos; Texians; Mexican troops; William Travis; Davy Crockett

Synopsis

Travis and Crockett arrive to beef up the garrison at the Alamo. The men work on fortifications in the day, and indulge in fandangos every night. Neil departs, leaving Travis in charge, but the men insist that he share command with Jim Bowie, who by now is drinking heavily.

Keywords

Alamo; alcoholism; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 14 (Table of Contents: 18)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; Hangman; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; General Cos; Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Mexican troops

Synopsis

Santa Anna takes green troops, and Cos's retreating troops, and drives them northward no matter what the cost or how much their suffering. When snow falls -- something many of them have never seen -- they suffer even more. But still they march.

Keywords

Alamo; army; Mexico; Texas

Chapter 15 (Table of Contents: 19)

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As Crockett and the other Texians enjoy what will turn out to be their last fandango, a badly-ill Jim Bowie warns that Santa Anna's army is upon them.

Keywords

Alamo; Texas

Chapter 16 (Table of Contents: 20)

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Jim Bowie; Davy Crockett; William Travis; Juan Seguin; Cloud; Doc Sutherland; El Colorado; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Tejanos; Texians; Mexican troops

Synopsis

Shocked by Santa Anna's arrival, Travis and his men belatedly rush to provision and barricade the Alamo, even as civilians flee. The joint command wreaks havoc as Bowie tries to parley even while Travis fires cannon at the Mexican troops. The enraged Santa Anna orders no quarter.

Keywords

Alamo; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 17 (Table of Contents: 21)

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Nathan Hale; Hangman; Provost; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; William Travis; Jim Bowie; Davy Crockett; Juan Seguin; Captain Martin; McGregor; Brown; Despallier; Governor Henry Smith; Colonel James Fannin; El Colorado; Sam Houston; Susanna Dickinson; Angelina Dickinson; Moses Rose; Mrs. Zuber; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; General Cos; Texians; Mexican troops

Synopsis

The siege of the Alamo continues from February 24 to March 5, exhausting the garrison and grinding it down. Only token reinforcements arrive, and the Texan world at large seems to have little understanding or appreciation of their plight. Rather than wait three days for the arrival of his heavy artillery, Santa Anna orders his officers to prepare for an infantry attack on the fort.

Keywords

Alamo; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 18 (Table of Contents: 22)

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Nathan Hale; Provost; firing squad; William Travis; Jim Bowie; Davy Crockett; Susanna Dickinson; Angelina Dickinson; Captain Almaron Dickinson; General Cos; Colonel Almonte; Texians; Mexican troops

Synopsis

A fierce and massive early-morning infantry attack carries the walls of the Alamo, and all the defenders are killed along with hundreds (if not more) of Mexican troops. Colonel Almonte rescues Mrs. Dickinson and her baby.

Keywords

Alamo; massacre; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Chapter 19 (Table of Contents: 23)

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Nathan Hale; Hangman; Susanna Dickinson; Angelina Dickinson; Colonel Almonte; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Ben; Joe; Juan Seguin; Sam Houston; Colonel Fannin; Captain Frazer; General Urrea; Colonel Portilla; Texians; Mexican troops

Synopsis

Santa Anna frees all the women, children, and slaves who were in the Alamo. Houston leads the Texians in a flight northward, but Mexican troops capture 350 men under Fannin at Goliad. Santa Anna has them all massacred.

Keywords

Alamo; Goliad Massacre; revolution; slavery; slaves; Texas

Chapter 20 (Table of Contents: 24)

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Nathan Hale; Hangman; Provost; Vicente Guerrero; firing squad; Sam Houston; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; General Cos; Stephen Austin; President Andrew Jackson; Texians; Mexican troops

Synopsis

Pursuing a fleeing Houston, Santa Anna divides his forces; at that point Houston turns, falls upon Santa Anna, and crushes his army in the Battle of San Jacinto. A captive Santa Anna agrees to the independence of Texas.

Keywords

Battle of San Jacinto; Mexico; revolution; Texas

Indexer Notes

Last page signed "Nate 2015"

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Baby-ography (Table of Contents: 26)

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Cartoons about the Alamo and its heroes appeared as early as 1836.

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Sam Houston; Presidente Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; General Cos; Davy Crockett; Texians; Research Babies

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