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Author:

Pollack, Pam.

Title:

What was the Alamo? / by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by David Groff.

Publisher:

Grosset & Dunlapan Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Juvenile literature.
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836--Juvenile literature.
Texas--History--To 1846--Juvenile literature.
San Antonio (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Belviso, Meg.
Groff, David, 1956- illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

""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 Texas history"-- Provided by publisher.
"Two hundred Americans held off more than two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days before defeat. Only two Texans survived. The siege was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. How many kids even knew there was a Republic of Texas? Now they will! With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, young readers will relive the battle at the Alamo!"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

What was...?

ISBN:

0448467100
9780448467108 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2013024810

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