Listen to ballad of the alamo thirteen days of glory from marty robbinss under western skies for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. It is a story filled with human drama, and lon tinkle captures that drama well in his 1958. In 1836, at the alamo 181 texas rebels led by jim bowie, davy crokett and col. Jim bowie james arness, davy crockett brian keith and about 185 others face thousands of santa annas raul julia troops at the texas fort in 1836.
Release dates 2 also known as aka 11 release dates usa 26 january. The movie stayed pretty close to book by the title. Thirteen days to glory add to watchlist the legendary last stand of revolutionary texas volunteers at the alamo in 1836 the embattled garrison led by jim bowie and davy crockett. Indian scouts with squirrel guns men with muzzleloaders stood together, heel and toe to defend the alamo. The alamo thirteen days to glory tv movie 1987 imdb the alamo thirteen days to glory james arness variation of his mentor john waynes 1960 classic attempts to present the famous 1836 texas siege in human terms utilizing the more intimate medium of television to make the story of the defenders more understandable. Rose served the cause of texas independence a fourth time during the siege of the alamo. I thought over all this was pretty accurate depiction of the battle of the alamo. Ballad of the alamo thirteen days of glory marty robbins. The battle of the alamo as portayed in the movie, the alamo. Siege of the alamo, 1836 southwest landmarks book 2. Jul 15, 2011 a few days later, briggle sent over a book by his college professor at southern methodist in dallas. He fought for ten days, up to three days before the fall of the fort, and then escaped. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting your oldest.
It is also worth noting that this movie was the final film. The production values are quite good, considering that a substantial amount of the fighting during the siege, including the climactic final attack, were at night, a fact accurately depicted in this film. The 1987 nbc television miniseries about the 1836 battle of the alamo starring james arness as james bowie, brian keith as davy crockett. It takes a true texan to fully appreciate the merits of this rather pedestrian retelling of a familiar story, but the battle scenes are pretty. William travis make a heroic last stand against the mexican army of several thousand men led by general santa anna. Well the men came from texas and from old tennessee and they joined up with travis just to fight for the right to be free.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The alamo days to glory wikipedia the alamo days to glory is a 1987. Thirteen days to glory the 1987 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Start reading days to glory on your kindle in under a minute. In san antonio a ragtag army of settlers and ranchers struggle against the troops of mexican leader gen. Siege of the alamo, 1836 southwest landmarks book 2 kindle edition by tinkle, lon.
Back in 1836, houston said to travis get some volunteers and go fortify the alamo. Thirteen days to glory, james arness variation of his mentor john waynes 1960 classic, attempts to present the famous 1836 texas siege in human terms, utilizing the more intimate medium of television to make the story of the defenders more understandable. The valor and anguish of the alamo is resurrected in this 80s effort that features a considerably accomplished cast. Against orders and with no help of relief texas patriots led by william travis, jim bowie, and davy crockett defend the alamo against overwhelming mexican forces. A few days later, briggle sent over a book by his college professor at southern methodist in dallas. To the thirteen days of glory at the siege of alamo. The thirteenday defense of the alamo by texans who sought to make texas independent from mexico has long since passed into legend. Publication date 1958 topics mexican war, 18461848 publisher.
The attack however occurred early in the morning before daylight. Of the alamos roughly 180 defenders, only were nativeborn texansand 11 of those were mexicanand 50 were europeanborn. Thirteen days to glory you are looking for exciting, rough and serious movies about with battles, heroic mission, isolation, tough heroes, war, revolution and state affairs themes of action, adventure and drama genre shot in usa. Battle of the alamo thirteen days to glory free republic. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading days to glory. With the change in government, and the lowering of the texas flag on february 19, 1846, outgoing president anson jones declared, the final act in the great. Ballad of the alamo thirteen days of glory album version diecowboyboys. Click download or read online button to get days to glory the siege of the alamo southwest landmarks book now. Travissqv drawing a line in the dirt with his sword. Thirteen days to glory 1987 was made for tv and directed by one of dukes directors, burt kennedy. Thirteen days to glory tv movie 1987 movies, tv, celebs, and more. In fact the duke connection goes on to include star james arness, and dukes son ethan wayne.
Thirteen days to glory is a significantly better representation of the historic battle than its better known namesake. Thirteen days to glory on amazon video, apple itunes as download or rent it on amazon video, apple itunes online. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Alamothirteen days to glory the original unedited miniseries. The alamo thirteen days to glory 1987 march 6, 1836 duration. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Thirteen days to glory, starring james arness and alec baldwin. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Thirteen days to glory movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery section. Rose got the nickname moses because of his age at the time, fiftyone. Davy crockett, jim bowie and a handful of texans met santa anna. Nov 03, 2019 the alamo thirteen days to glory tv movie 1987 imdb the alamo thirteen days to glory james arness variation of his mentor john waynes 1960 classic attempts to present the famous 1836 texas siege in human terms utilizing the more intimate medium of television to make the story of the defenders more understandable.
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