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Remember the Alamo!: The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood, Austin's Colony, 1835-1836 - Couverture souple

Rogers, Lisa Waller

 
9780896727847: Remember the Alamo!: The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood, Austin's Colony, 1835-1836
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 089672784X ISBN 13 : 9780896727847
Editeur : Texas Tech Press,U.S., 2013

Synopsis

The howls got nearer and nearer . . . . We could see the pack prowling the edges of our campsite. We were surrounded by wolves and water. Late in 1835, the Mexican Army surrendered San Antonio and retreated across the Rio Grande. Texas colonists, including young Belle Wood, rejoiced. No one expected more trouble from Mexico. So when Belle's brother, Mac, followed Colonel Travis to the Alamo in January as "a precautionary measure," Belle didn't worry. Three weeks later, General Santa Anna reentered San Antonio with thousands of troops, taking the 150 doomed Alamo men by surprise. "The news came upon me like a clap of thunder," Belle wrote. "My brother, Mac, is dead." As Santa Anna marched eastward, panic ensued. All over Texas, people either joined the fight for independence or fled for safety in the mass exodus known as the Runaway Scrape. Belle tells how her family joins the throng pushing to the U.S. border on foot or in every kind of vehicle imaginable. Theirs is a perilous, tragic journey in rain and cold, across sodden prairies and deep mud. Despite all their trials and difficulties, however, the Texians push on, and throughout Belle's diary runs the story of a proud people determined to save their families from the ravages of war and to rebuild their homes in this new nation--Texas. Extensive primary-source research forms the foundation of fictional diarist Belle's authentic account. Its historical appendix, complete with photos and map, will be useful to young readers and teachers alike.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lisa Waller Rogers is the author of three Lone Star Journal novels for young readers, as well as an anthology, A Texas Sampler. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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Éditeur
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
089672784X
ISBN 13 
9780896727847
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
275
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