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A Time to Stand

The Epic of the Alamo

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A Time to Stand

By: Walter Lord
Narrated by: Norman Dietz
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On the morning of March 6, 1836, in an old abandoned mission called the Alamo, a small Texas garrison, fought to the death rather than yield to an overwhelming army of Mexicans. Through the years, the garrison's heroic stand has become so clothed in folklore and romance that the truth has nearly been lost. In A Time to Stand, Walter Lord rediscovers and recreates the whole fascinating story.

From contemporary documents, diaries, and letters, he has mined a wealth of fresh information that throws intriguing sidelights on the epic of the Alamo. What were the defenders like? Why did they take their stand? Did any escape? Did Davy Crockett surrender?

The cast of characters includes not only famous figures like Jim Bowie but unknown, unsung men: John Purdy Reynolds, the wandering Pennsylvania surgeon; George Kimball, the industrious New York hatter; Micajah Autry of Tennessee, who was a far better poet than a businessman. And then there are the Mexicans: the fabulous Santa Anna; the smooth Colonel Almonte; the forlorn private Juan Basquez, who only wanted to stay home and make shoes.

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©1961 Walter Lord (P)2018 Tantor Americas Military Mexico
Detailed Backstories • Well-researched History • Well Paced Narration • Informative Content • Solid Storytelling
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I just returned from a visit to the Alamo and this book helped me better understand what I saw there.

Fascinating

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2 big things… I’d think a pro narrator would bother to research proper pronunciation. It drove me nuts, & distracted from the info. Also, we should be willing to accept the culture as it was when this was written, as well as the truth that the energy WAS Mexican. He doesn’t use it bigoted sense, but it mite grate on politically correct.

A narrator who can’t pronounce correctly.

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As I was born a Texan, lived a Texan and will be buried in Texas soil, I have long been enthralled by the story of the Alamo. Mr. Lord’s book gives interesting details and backgrounds of the Alamo defenders and of a lot of their reasoning for being there. Well worth your time if you are interested in Texas history and how the bravery of 183 men instilled more with the determination and courage to set the course to develop what has become Texas today.
The sad part was the narration. One would think that the producers of this book could have come up with a better choice. First of all, the cadence was so annoyingly slow that I had to speed it up to 1.25 speed on my device. This is the second book I have listened to this month featuring this narrator and I had to do the same on the other one. His pronunciations of locales, especially early in the book was atrocious, especially the names Nacogdoches, Bexar and Sabine. Later in the narration, he seemed to get the first of these somewhat corrected, but never Sabine. It doesn’t really matter to most but it bothered me that the editor/publisher didn’t do a little research. The narrator should have enough pride in his profession to maybe do a little himself. I know that movie/television actors do research on historical roles they play. He to is an actor so he too is culpable.

Okay book. Atrocious narration.

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Clear, concise account of the fight for Texas independence. Holds your attention. Not boring. Excellent reference for any history buff

Remember the Alamo

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Ii thoroughly enjoyed this book. At the top of the many many books i have read on our states history. Mispronunciations are many but doesn’t detract from
the overall well researched and well told story.
God Bless Texas!

Enthralling

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Fact based account that cuts through the myth making that surrounds the history of this battle, which really is an epic. Good solid narration.

Well paced narration. Solid storytelling.

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Absolutely loved the book. Although I consider myself a pretty well informed student of Texas and Alamo history, I came away much, much better informed than I was going in.
The author delves deeply into backstories on so many of the principals, I came away feeling like I knew many of them. He also wove together the timelines in a way that enabled me to gain a much better grasp on the entire story.
BRILLIANT in every way.

All of this was a bit dulled by the abysmal pronunciation of so many of places and things that make up this stirring story. Really now, take the time to read the script first then ask for help with the words you are damn well not able to pronounce correctly. This shortcoming was shameful.

Solid history with a lot of backstory

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Wow what a good book! Definitely recommend! Great to listen to at any time at all

Amazing

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Racist story that keeps on getting told. Why do we want to believe this version?

Anglo Saxon gibberish

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The story of the Alamo is legendary. I love Walter Lord’s book. Very detailed. The narrator is slow to the point I had to move my speed up slightly. He is very monotone in my opinion. Still a fantastic story

Great Story

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