
Remember the Alamo (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Frontier Romance of the Texas Revolution, San Antonio Loyalties, and the Domestic World Behind Heroic HistoryBy Amelia E. BarrLength9h 14m
About this audiobook
Amelia E. Barr's Remember the Alamo is a historical romance of the Texas Revolution, placing the famous 1836 siege within a broader social world of households, loyalties, courtship, faith, and political awakening. Written in the nineteenth-century tradition of patriotic historical fiction, the novel combines melodramatic incident with documentary-minded attention to manners, regional speech, and frontier tensions. Barr treats the Alamo not merely as a battlefield, but as a moral symbol around which private affections and public destiny converge. Barr was unusually well positioned to imagine this material. Born in Lancashire in 1831, she emigrated to the United States and spent formative years in Texas, absorbing its landscapes, legends, and contested memories. After personal losses, including the death of her husband and children during a yellow-fever epidemic, she supported herself through writing. Her fiction often reflects exile, endurance, religious conviction, and the shaping force of place. Readers interested in historical fiction, Texas memory, and women's contributions to nineteenth-century literary nationalism will find this novel rewarding. It offers both romance and cultural testimony, preserving the Alamo as legend while revealing the domestic and emotional worlds behind heroic history.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length9 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 14, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
14Chapter X. The Doctor and the Priest.
2Introduction
15Chapter XI. A Happy Truce.
3Synopsis
16Chapter XII. Danger and Help.
4Historical Context
17Chapter XIII. The Arrival of Santa Anna.
5Chapter I. The City in the Wilderness.
18Chapter XIV. The Fall of the Alamo.
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6Chapter II. Antonia and Isabel.
19Chapter XV. Goliad.
7Chapter III. Builders Of The Commonwealth.
20Chapter XVI. The Loadstone in the Breast.
8Chapter IV. The Shining Bands of Love.
21Chapter XVII. Home Again.
9Chapter V. A Famous Barbecue.
22Chapter XVIII. Under One Flag.
10Chapter VI. Robert Worth is Disarmed.
23Analysis
11Chapter VII. A Meeting at Midnight.
24Reflection
12Chapter VIII. Mother and Priest.
25Memorable Quotes
13Chapter IX. The Storming of the Alamo.