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31 pages : 28 cm The Alamo has lodged itself deeply in the American imagination as the romantic story of men fighting and dying willingly in the name of liberty. It is the story of American frontiersmen, including famous individuals such as Davy Crockett, gathering to fight for freedom against the dictatorial leader of Mexico and his large army. Holding out against incredible odds, until the climactic moment when all except one agreed to meet sure death in the name of their cause, ordinary citizen-soldiers took a heroic, and ultimately successful, stand against tyranny. Without the Alamo, the following battle of San Jacinto would never have taken place. Indeed, "Remember the Alamo!" became the rallying cry for that battle, helping to give the frontiersmen resolve. And without that battle, Texas' road to independence along with US expansion to the Pacific would have been unimaginably different. Why did the siege of the Alamo take place? What actually occurred over those days? And what was the outcome of the brave stand taken by Davy Crockett and others? Mark Stewart explores these questions, capturing the full drama of the event by: setting the scene; describing the opposing forces;

Author

Stewart, Mark, 1960 July 7-

Publisher

New York : Enchanted Lion Books

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781592700264

Subjects

History, Children'S, Fiction