Pollack, Pam, <br/><br/>
What was the Alamo? / 
by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by David Groff. 
 - 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, maps, plans ;  20 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (page 108). 
<br/><br/> ""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"--  "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!"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780448467108 (pbk.) :  $5.99 0448467100 (pbk.) :  $5.99 0448467119 9780448467115 9780606321297 (Turtleback) 0606321292 (Turtleback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013024810 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Juvenile literature.<br/>Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836--Juvenile literature.<br/>Texas--History--To 1846--Juvenile literature.<br/>San Antonio (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F390  / .P825 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>976.4/03