The Alamo: Myths, Legends, and Facts
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Jessica Gunderson
Jessica Gunderson grew up in the small town of Washburn, North Dakota. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has written more than one hundred books for young readers. Her book President Lincoln’s Killer and the America He Left Behind won a 2018 Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Silver Award. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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The Alamo - Jessica Gunderson
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Colonial Texas
Chapter 2 Inside the Alamo
Chapter 3 The Legendary Battle and Mythical Heroes
Chapter 4 Mysteries of the Alamo
Chapter 5 The Alamo Today
Glossary
Read More
Critical Thinking Using the Common Core
Internet Sites
Index
Chapter ONE
COLONIAL TEXAS
The Alamo brings to mind the glitter of bayonets and the thunderous boom of cannon. Men defended the Alamo with their lives to win their independence from Mexico. After the battle, the call to remember the Alamo!
became, for some, a cry of sacrifice and freedom.
bayonet: a long metal blade attached to the end of a musket or rifle
Alamo battle s cene
But this battle site is shrouded in legend and mystery. Its walls hold many secrets. What is the real story of the Alamo? Who were the men who volunteered to defend the mission, and what were they really like? Were there any survivors of the battle? Was Davy Crockett really the king of the wild frontier
? Answers to these questions can be found within the aging walls of this legendary monument.