By Santiago Escobedo, paperbound 90 pages, indexed and sources cited. The author examines his childhood in San Antonio, Texas and the circumstances, during this tense period in American history that created the Alamo legend. Several questions are asked and answered by the writer with this publication, such as what archeological evidence showed that several Mexican accounts of the Alamo were reliable, what were the two worst mistakes made at the Battle of the Alamo, and what was the significance of Col. Travis’ line in the dust.