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Did You Hear What Happened at the Alamo?

The Texas Revolution of 1835-36

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Pub Date Sep 01 2026 | Archive Date Sep 01 2026

Children's Nonfiction

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Did you ever hear the phrase “Remember the Alamo!”? You can’t remember what you don’t know.
So gather around, because I have a story to tell. I’ll warn you, it’s bloody.
This is the story of how Texas became a nation before it was a state. It’s a story of Spain, Mexico, and the United States.Of land, shifting borders, and betrayal.
It's the story of thousands of people—Mexicans; white immigrants from the US; Black people, many of whom were enslaved; Indigenous people of different nations.
And it's the story of six men: a rambler, a rascal, a rowdy, a rogue, a raconteur, and a tyrant. Their choices created a day of furious violence at the Alamo, and two more on the Texas plains. By the time it was all over, three of the men would be dead, and I would be soaked in blood.
Guess I still have feelings about that.

Acclaimed author Katie Kennedy offers another brutally honest -- and wildly entertaining -- account of one of the foundational myths of American history in this fresh new take on the creation of Texas and the stories we tell about it.
Did you ever hear the phrase “Remember the Alamo!”? You can’t remember what you don’t know.
So gather around, because I have a story to tell. I’ll warn you, it’s bloody.
This is the story of how Texas...
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ISBN 9781523535088
PRICE $17.99 (USD)
PAGES 176

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