"With
its detailed, firsthand accounts, this excellent book easily replaces
our old (1959) standby, Frank X. Tolbert's Day of San Jacinto."
Richard H. Dillon, True West Magazine, June 2004
"It is
an impressive collection of a vast number of the accounts of the
day, allowing the actual participants to speak their minds. This
book is a great source to help understand the feelings and actions
of the participants of the campaign." Gregg Dimmick, Southwestern
Historical Quarterly,Vol. CVIII, No. 4 (April 2005)
"Author
Stephen L. Moore, born about 20 miles from the San Jacinto battleground,
provides a comprehensive account of Texas' finest hour. Many points
of view are offered as Moore makes good use of first-hand accounts
from Texans and Mexicans, officers and common soldiers...All the
facts, controversies and myths of the campaign are considered
in this 522-page book...Particularly enjoyable is Chapter 17,
'Catching The Old Fox.'"
Alexander Cook, Wild West Magazine, June, 2004
"Eighteen
Minutes is an extensive retelling of the critical battle that
established Texas as the Lone Star Republic, independent from
Mexico. Eighteen Minutes is exhaustively researched, superbly
written military history, laying out the brief yet utterly decisive
battle in minute detail." Midwest Book Review,
June 2004
"Author
Stephen L. Moore relies on more than a hundred firsthand accounts
to take the reader inside Sam Houston's Texas army as it retreated
east before making its decisive stand at San Jacinto...Exhaustively
researched...On the whole, the narrative advances easily."
Glen Dromgoole, Houston Chronicle, March 21, 2004
"Meticulous
account of San Jacinto campaign is relentlessly researched and
minutely detailed... His sources are truly exceptional. The personal
letters, memoirs, pension papers and service records do not disappoint,
reliably supporting the meat of Moore's narrative with incontrovertible
proof at every turn in the retreat and offensive. In terms of
the primary sources chosen, Moore's book is simply beyond criticism...Military
history buffs will justifiably appreciate its lack of pretension
and obsessive attention to detail."
Jimmy McWilliams , Austin American Statesman, January
4, 2004
"Clearly,
the author has done exhaustive research, as shown by the detailed
appendices and endnotes, and yet the book is very readable. Weaving
in testimonies from the ragtag Texas Army, Mr. Moore makes you
feel like you are with Houston's band of farmers, politicians,
soldiers, merchants, and, yes, Texas Rangers, trudging through
the mud, bog, and swamps of southeast Texas. . . No book collection
of the Texas Rangers, the Battle of San Jacinto, or the Texas
Revolution is complete without this fine book." Robert
Nieman, Texas Ranger Dispatch Magazine, Issue 12, January
2004
