Liberty And Death At The Alamo

<p>This work is part of the opening salvo of the celebration of the bi-centennial of the Texas War for Independence from Mexico (1835-36); a sweeping tale of the exploration colonization and rebellion which led to the creation of the Republic of Texas in April of 1836.</p><p><br></p><p>Much of the story is seen through the eyes of a man who was born to a prominent Lexington Virginia family in 1802 which then relocated to Lexington Kentucky in 1811. One of their sons would continue the great western migration and settle finally in the northern-most state of the Republic of Mexico in 1831. He would bring with him a mixed-race woman named Sarah who he procured from her owner in New Orleans. Together they lived for about five years along the Lavaca River in Texas.</p><p><br></p><p>In February of 1836 they would find themselves embroiled in the fight for independence from the despotic rule of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. They would both perish on March 6 1836 in a battle known as The Alamo. This is their story. </p><p><br></p><p>The author is a twelfth-generation Texan. He is a cousin of the major player in this story Patrick Henry Herndon. </p>