Reviews for Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign

The average rating for Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-01-08 00:00:00 Mary A. Flatt Pretty straight forward coverage of the events.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-31 00:00:00 Barry Kemelhor There have been many books written about the Texas revolution of 1835-36 and everything has seemingly been covered in such depth, you would think there wasn't anything else left to say or cover. While much of the information contained in this book has been in other books - if you have any doubt about that just look at the Bibliography at the end of the book. However, the author has done an excellent job of putting much of it all in one place when it comes to the Battle of San Jacinto - an 18-minute affair (hence the title) which assured Texas' independence from Mexico. Want to know who served in what company of San Houston's rag-tag army? It's in here. Want to know who got wounded, or killed? It's a short list, but it's here as well. Want to know who the Mexicans were who served? Sorry, that's not in here although there is a listing of Mexican officers who were killed or captured. Presumably, the Mexican army didn't keep records that extended to the enlisted men. All this is preceded by 428 pages of narrative that essentially goes over the reasons for everything that happened, the movements of Houston's army and the Mexican army as they both worked their way toward Buffalo Bayou near present-day Houston. And some of the narrative does get a bit tedious - particularly the part where volunteers were listed as to who joined what company, then moved to another company and what they did before the conflict started. Perhaps there is a such a thing as too much information! Well-written, very readable, and meticulously researched, this is for the person who is interested in more than what some books will tell you - it gets into the battle in great detail and is for the person who wants just a bit more and who isn't satisfied with an overview, but who wants to know who did what to whom and when. Highly enjoyable reading.