Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis

"William C. Davis's Three Roads to the Alamo is far and away the best account of the Alamo I have ever read. The portraits of Crockett, Bowie, and Travis are brilliantly sketched in a fast-moving story that keeps the reader riveted to the very last word." — Stephen B. Oates

Three Roads to the Alamois the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis—the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American history—and about what really happened in that battle.

Three Roads to the Alamo is the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis—the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American history—and about what really happened in that battle.

"[A] myth-shattering retelling. Three Roads to the Alamo [is] a major and at times daring study." - Daily Press, Inc. Newport News, Va.

"A splendid narrative history, perceptive, authoritative, and moving." - Kirkus Reviews

"The reality really is far more interesting than the myth, as William C. Davis proves in this ambitious, extensively researched and compelling joint biography. Davis. . . brings a sympathetic, nuanced approach to his task of chipping away legends and falsehoods. He injects blood and marrow into desiccated icons. The Crockett, Bowie and Travis that emerge may be less godlike than some might wish—the three were flawed, fascinating, larger than life. But to evoke them as this book does is to give history a deeply human face." - Houston Chronicle

"There is no doubt this book is the best-researched and best-written history of the lives of Crockett, Bowie and Travis yet published. Mr. Davis makes their lives more exciting and vivid than their legens—a must-read for anyone interested in Texas history." - Dallas Morning News