The life of Davy Crockett, the American frontiersman. Classics Illustrated tells the extraordinary life tale of Davy Crockett in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a timeline of events surrounding Crockett's life and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story. The Classics Illustrated comic book series began life in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas "The Three Musketeers," and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. This new edition is specifically tailored to engage and educate young readers with some of the greatest works ever written, while still thrilling older readers who have loving memories of this series of old. Each book contains dedicated theme discussions and study questions to further develop the reader s understanding and enjoyment of the work at hand."
Lil' Tex Visits the Alamo
Santa Anna entered the city of San Antonio with a part of his army . ... accompanied the Curate , Don Refugio de la Garza , who , by Santa Anna's orders , had assembled during the night at a temporary fortification erected in Potrero ...
As a fourteen-year-old boy involved in the Texas Revolution, the reader makes decisions determining how the story leads up to the Battle of the Alamo.
Are you going to the Alamo? Read this book first, then take it with you to see and remember it all. Most visitors just see the Alamo compound, where it ended, but the 1836 siege and battle took place all over the city.
Many men fought--and many men died--in the Texas Revolution of 1836. This is the story of John Apple. A man who not only fought in the battle of the Alamo, he lived to avenge it . . . THE ROAD TO THE ALAMO John Apple is a simple man.
"It is 1836 in the large country of Mexico, which includes the land of Texas.
Having moved from Kentucky to Texas, young Jessie finds her life in a state of chaos as her father and brother set off to fight the Mexicans while she and the rest of her kin are forced to live within the safety of the fort.
A collection of family legends from the descendants of the men who fought to protect the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
The story of the March 5, 1836, battle at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, when only 182 Texans fought thousands of Mexican soldiers in an unsuccessful attempt to gain independence from Mexico.