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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 500 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican army led by dictator Santa Anna reached San Antonio and laid siege to about 175 Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. The Texans refused to surrender for nearly two weeks until almost 2,000 Mexican troops unleashed a final assault. The defenders fought valiantly-for their lives and for a free and independent Texas-but in the end, they were all slaughtered. Their ultimate sacrifice inspired the rallying cry "Remember...
5) The furies
Author
Series
Kent family chronicles (John Jakes) volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Kents' saga expands as its first heroine takes center stage in the relentless struggle to build the family dynasty Opening twenty-two years after the events of The Seekers, John Jakes's fourth Kent Family novel spans the blood-soaked era of America's relentless expansion into the West. Amanda Kent, daughter of Gilbert Kent and Harriet Lebow, is one of the few women to escape the massacre at the Battle of the Alamo. Uncommonly brazen and focused,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the famous Alamo, which was built as a mission, but later used as a fort, the battle fought there, and its significance for the history of the United States.
10) Bad Apple
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Many men fought-and many men died-in the Texas Revolution of 1836. This is the story of John Apple. A man who not only fought in the battle of the Alamo, he lived to avenge it ...
THE ROAD TO THE ALAMO
John Apple is a simple man. A gardener and preacher who lives a quiet life in Ohio. Then a broken heart sends him south. A chance encounter with a very drunk Jim Bowie leads him to join the Texian Army. And the struggle for independence from the brutalities...
12) The Alamo
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 4 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the forces, personalities, and events that converged at the San Antonio mission in 1836. In Remember the Alamo, new research dispels some long-held beliefs about what really happened in the showdown between Santa Anna's army and the group of American volunteers. The Battle of the Alamo focuses on the strained collaboration among Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Barret Travis. In The Texas Rangers, ride into the past to see how these...
13) The Alamo
Series
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
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...
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (290 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The magnificent seven: Seven American gunslingers are hired to protect a small Mexican village against a band of bandits.
The Alamo: 185 men join together in a crumbling adobe mission to stand against an army of 7,000 and give their lives for freedom.
18) Davy Crockett
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
According to legend, frontiersman Davy Crockett could lick his weight in wildcats and died at the Alamo only after killing hundreds of enemy soldiers. Did he always wear a coonskin cap and buckskins? Or was he just an ordinary man, a hunter and politician who usually dressed in everyday clothes and died like any other ordinary man at the Alamo? Find out in this book, which seeks to separate fact from fiction while exploring the life and death of one...
20) Alamo all-stars
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
122 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Shares the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican government and features the exploits of historical legends, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.
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