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Remember the Alamo!: The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood, Austin's Colony, 18351836 (Lone Star Journals)
Lisa Waller Rogers
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Description for Remember the Alamo!: The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood, Austin's Colony, 18351836 (Lone Star Journals)
Paperback. Book Three in the Lone Star Journals, now in paperback Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 127 x 178 x 18. .
After a two-month siege by Texan volunteers in late 1835, the Mexican Army surrendered San Antonio and retreated across the Rio Grande. Texas colonists, including fictive young diarist Belle Wood, rejoiced. No one expected more trouble from Mexico. Belle wasn't even worried when, in late January 1836, her brother, Mac, followed Colonel Travis to the Alamo. The troop build-up was ""just a precautionary measure.""
Just three weeks later, Mexican General Santa Anna arrived in San Antonio with thousands of troops, taking the 150 Alamo men by surprise. When the Alamo fell, ""the news came upon me like a clap ... Read more
After a two-month siege by Texan volunteers in late 1835, the Mexican Army surrendered San Antonio and retreated across the Rio Grande. Texas colonists, including fictive young diarist Belle Wood, rejoiced. No one expected more trouble from Mexico. Belle wasn't even worried when, in late January 1836, her brother, Mac, followed Colonel Travis to the Alamo. The troop build-up was ""just a precautionary measure.""
Just three weeks later, Mexican General Santa Anna arrived in San Antonio with thousands of troops, taking the 150 Alamo men by surprise. When the Alamo fell, ""the news came upon me like a clap ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896727847
SKU
V9780896727847
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About Lisa Waller Rogers
Lisa Waller Rogers is the author of three Lone Star Journal novels for young readers, as well as an anthology, A Texas Sampler.
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