What was the Alamo? / by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by David Groff.
Material type: TextSeries: What was--?Publisher: New York, New York, USA : Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 108 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0448467100 (pbk.)
- 0448467119
- 0606321292 (Turtleback)
- 9780448467108 (pbk.)
- 9780448467115
- 9780606321297 (Turtleback)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 976.403 P771 | Available | 33111007607944 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"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.
Includes bibliographical references.
What was the Alamo? -- Come and take it -- The army of the people -- Rumors -- Who is in command? -- Bloodred banner -- Help! -- Attack -- Overrun -- Remember the Alamo -- Timelines.
""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.