A Day That Changed America: The Alamo - Hardcover

Tanaka, Shelley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786819235 ISBN 13: 9780786819232

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH, 2003

Synopsis

They were surrounded-and outnumbered twenty to one. For twelve days, the men, women, and children holed up inside the Alamo fought off attacks from the Mexican army. There was no help in sight and the odds were overwhelming. Finally, as morning dawned on March 6, 1836, the final battle was upon them. But they were determined to stand bravely and never give up the fight for Texas.

About this title

About the Author:

Shelley Tanaka is an award-winning children's book author and editor. She is the author of Amelia Earhart and Mummies: The Newest, Coolest & Creepiest from Around the World, as well as several other books in the I Was There series. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.

From Booklist:

Gr. 4-6. Tanaka sandwiches a blow-by-blow account of the final day of the renowned siege between a discussion of the rebellion's causes and an analysis of the battle's aftermath. Her view isn't superficial. The Alamo's defenders were certainly heroic underdogs, but even less reflective readers will see the merit in Tanaka's characterization of Santa Ana's position that the "Texian rebels and their American friends . . . were nothing but pirates and lawless foreigners who had fired on Mexican troops on Mexican soil." Tanaka also debunks some Alamo legends (Colonel Travis' famous line in the sand probably never existed), and she supplements her story with biographical close-ups of James Bowie, Santa Ana, Susanna Dickinson, and other significant figures. An array of maps, diagrams, and old photos enhances Craig's dramatic, detailed battle paintings. Pair this illuminating, engrossing look at our country's Thermopylae with John Jakes' powerful Susanna of the Alamo (1986), or invite readers to immerse themselves even more deeply in the event with Jim Murphy's thorough Inside the Alamo (2000). John Peters
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About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0786819235
• ISBN 13: 9780786819232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Craig David