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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. Includes biographical sketches and quotations of some of those involved.
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In his now trademark fashion, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"--
7) Texas bound
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"THEY WERE MEN WITH NOTHING TO LIVE FOR-UNTIL THEY JOINED THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM At a mission called the Alamo, Santa Anna's army wins a brutal victory-in a massacre that became a call to arms around the country. Brave men answered the call-Kentuckians and Cajuns, New Englanders and Tennesseans, all coming to the brawling land called Texas that was fighting for its independence from Mexico. Four men from Alabama, recruits in the volunteer Red Rovers,...
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