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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Inside the Alamo	Murphy, Jim	An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. Includes biographical sketches…	OL103695W
The Alamo	Ann Gaines	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.	OL111953W
Alamo!	George Sullivan	An historical account of the 1836 battle for independence from Mexico, including the events that led up to it, the people involved, and the aftermath.	OL15079222W
Davy Crockett	William R. Sanford	Relates the true story of Davy Crockett, one of the Old West's outstanding hunters, frontiersmen, and legislators.	OL15129690W
Exodus from the Alamo	Phillip Thomas Tucker	Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo in the war for Texas independence were killed in a predawn attack, forcing a wild melee inside the fort before many of its defenders ha…	OL15916222W
David Crockett	Michael Wallis	Steeped in legend, shrouded in folklore, the real David Crockett, American frontiersman and cultural icon, finally emerges in this engrossing biography. His name was David Crockett. He never signed h…	OL16102180W
The legend of the Alamo	Roy Sorrels	"Read about the history of the Alamo, and those who faught in the battle to win it and why it was so important to Texas"--Provided by publisher.	OL16703321W
The siege of the Alamo	Valerie Weber	Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the battle between the Texans and the Mexicans at the Alamo on March 6, 1836.	OL1802734W
Texas Jack at the Alamo	James Rice	An illustrated recounting of the battle of the Alamo in 1836, as told from the perspective of a jackrabbit.	OL18180489W
Texas cavalier	Rita Kerr	A biography of the young lawyer from South Carolina who died at the Alamo after joining the Texans in their fight for freedom from Mexico.	OL18958346W
Victor Lopez at the Alamo	James Rice	Victor, a fourteen-year-old Mexican boy, is abducted by Mexican soldiers marching to Texas to put down the uprising there and experiences the Battle of the Alamo.	OL19130414W
American Legend	Buddy Levy	David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a U.S. congressman and a p…	OL1968650W
Duel of Eagles	Jeff Long	The myths began before the first wall crumbled of that fortress ennobled by the rallying call "Remember the Alamo." Duel of Eagles gives us the true story, as dramatic as any legend, of the people an…	OL1987132W
Two for Texas	James Lee Burke	Son Holland arrived in the Louisiana penal camp determined not to spend the rest of his days suffering in a chain gang - but he didn't imagine for one minute that in order to escape he would need to …	OL21730606W
The immortal 32	Rita Kerr	Thirty-two men answer Colonel William Travis's plea for help and cross enemy lines to help defend the Alamo in 1836.	OL22926917W
The Alamo	Elaine Landau	"Explore an important event in US history. Readers decide what they would do, and then find out what really happened"--Provided by publisher.	OL23292927W
When Grandpa had fangs	Jean Richardson	Grandpa Snake describes to his grandchildren how he lost his fangs at the battle of the Alamo.	OL2452232W
The Alamo in American history	Roy Sorrels	Gives an in-depth account of the battle at the Alamo and discusses the conflicts which led up to it.	OL3241206W
The Alamo	Tamara L. Britton	Presents information on the history of the Alamo, including the famous battle of 1836 that took place there, some of the men involved in that battle, and its significance in the struggle for Texas's …	OL34878W
Tejanos	Ed Foster	Eleven-year-old Enrique watches his father die defending the Alamo knowing that his father's brother is fighting with the enemy.	OL7149303W