Well over a year ago, my good friend James M. Welsh, a great author, a fine professor and an all-’round good fella, asked me to contribute an essay to his upcoming anthology. He wanted me to write about how the  Alamo has been depicted in film. Well, that’s something I know a thing or two about so I instantly agreed. The book didn’t come out instantly, though. No, the road to publication is a long one. The book was finally published this summer.

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