Remember the Alamo

The most toilsome sufferings entailed by war is often not fought on the battle-field but on the homestead. Here the hopes, dreams and broken love are fought over. Before the first shot rang out for Texas independence at the Alamo, the battle had begun in Robert Worth's household.

Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919) was a British American Novelist who wrote some 30 novels: A Daugher of Fire, A Knight of the Nest, and The Squire of Sandal-Side.