Kammala wannan magana: Littafin farko na Tinkle, "Kwana goma sha uku zuwa daukaka: Siege na Alamo", an buga shi a 1958. Shi ne kawai na biyu full-tsawon, wadanda ba fiction littafin da za a buga game da
Yaƙin Alamo, bayan littafin John Myers Myers na 1948, "The Alamo". A.C. Greene, mai sukar littafi a wata jaridar Dallas mai gasa, ya lissafa "Kwana goma sha uku zuwa daukaka" a cikin littafinsa "Littattafai 50+ Mafi Kyawu akan Texas" a 1998. A cewar Greene, littafin Tinkle "ya ba da mahimmancin labarin Alamo ba tare da yunƙurin ƙarancin bayanin tarihi ba", kuma "ya fi bayyana tunanin da nufin da ke bayan yanke shawara mai banƙyama don ci gaba da mutuwa" fiye da sauran, daga baya maganin yaƙin. Littafin ya lashe lambobin yabo biyu a shekarar 1959, daga Cibiyar Texas ta Haruffa da 'Ya'yan Jamhuriyar Texas. A cikin 1980s, an daidaita shi zuwa fim ɗin da aka yi don talabijin, "", wanda masanin tarihi Albert Nofi ya ɗauka a matsayin mafi mahimmancin tarihin fina-finai na Alamo. A cikin 1985, Texas A & M University Press ta sake buga littafin.