Thanks for your insightful post back there Uncle Phil. Been years since I've read Texas history books too. My last big acquisition was The New Handbook of Texas. 6 huge volumes, double-columned, thousands of pages. Enormous amount of research. More of an encyclopedia but there's lots in it about the Alamo and the War. I read hundreds of entries, and now I keep a list and sit down occasionally to read. The set is on eBay affordably from time to time.