ESCAPE FROM THE ALAMO by Dac Crossley

They called him “Possum” because of his grin.  That’s what fellow Tennessean David Crockett called George Hanks at the Alamo.  But by the time author Dac Crossley takes the reader to the conclusion of this adventure, red headed George Hanks is known as Don Colorado.

The brave defenders of the Alamo gave their lives for freedom and the new Republic of Texas.  History claims that no one survived that battle but this South Texas quest for manhood postulates that someone might have.  The escapades of young George Hanks take him from his awakening alone and confused on the battlefield of San Jacinto to a career with the Texas Rangers, and confrontations with Anglo war refugees, Comanches, bandits, Apaches, two Mexican armies and a lovely Senorita along the way.  Escape From The Alamo mixes early Texas history with the excitement of the traditional Western novel and might have been written to order for fans of Western adventure.

A retired professor and noted ecologist, Dac Crossley was raised in South Texas, on tales of forgotten trails and railroad tracks, bandits raiders and Indian attacks, getaways and gunfights, and the strong women who held Texas together.  A graduate of Texas Tech, Dac majored in Biology and earned his Doctorate at the University of Kansas.  He retired at the University of Georgia and, from there in the Deep South, hit his stride in writing about his home state.  His two South Texas novels, Guns Across The Rio and Return Of The Texas Ranger, both won awards for excellence.   Escape From The Alamo carries on South Texas traditions in an earlier time, when Texas was an independent republic.

Escape From The Alamo, as well as Guns Across The Rio and Return Of The Texas Ranger are available from Amazon.com.