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4) Alamo!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
An historical account of the 1836 battle for independence from Mexico, including the events that led up to it, the people involved, and the aftermath.
Author
Publisher
Crown Trade Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. One could argue that there are three distinct Crocketts: the real David as he was before he became famous; the celebrity politician whose backwoods image Crockett himself created, then lost control of; and the mythic Davy we know today. Thompson follows Crockett's footsteps from the Tennessee river valley where he was born, to Washington, where he served three terms in Congress,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
""Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, young readers will relive this famous moment in...
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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."--
March 1836: The story of the Alamo is familiar to most: more than two hundred Texians trapped in an adobe mission, and massacred. Though the rallying cry of "Remember the Alamo" rang across the country, Houston knew it was poor strategy to aggressively retaliate immediately....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Intent on destroying America, by changing history, a mysterious criminal, Flynn, steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine. The only hope of stopping him lies with an unexpected team: Lucy, a history professor; Wyatt, a soldier; and Rufus, a scientist, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to ensure critical events remain unchanged.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett...
13) The Alamo
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gives readers an up-close look at the history, significance, and story behind this famous fort in San Antonio, Texas.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Alamo has lodged itself deeply in the American imagination as the romantic story of men fighting and dying willingly in the name of liberty. It is the story of American frontiersmen, including famous individuals such as Davy Crockett, gathering to fight for freedom against the dictatorial leader of Mexico and his large army. Holding out against incredible odds, until the climactic moment when all except one agreed to meet sure death in the name...
20) David Crockett
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
℗2011.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the legendary frontiersman, soldier, and martyr examines his life--from hunting bears in the unspoiled countryside to helping defend the Alamo--and aims to dispel long-held myths.
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