In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.
Samuel Wallace's quest for vengeance for the murder of his brother William leads him through Veracruz, San Antonio, Mexico, and into East Texas where his exploits during the fight for Texas independence earn him the title Red Ripper.
Profiles a Mexican woman who saved more than twenty Texan rebels taken prisoner during the Texas Revolution from being shot under General Santa Anna's orders.
A brief history of the Texas War of Independence and the Mexican War, describing the efforts of Mexicans to preserve their nation from the power of the United States.
After moving from Alabama to Texas in 1836, Jeff Byrd turns fourteen years old while fighting for Texas independence from Mexico and trying to sort out his friends from his enemies after a Hispanic family saves his life when the Mexican Army slaughters its prisoners during the Goliad Massacre.
While traveling across the Texas countryside, fifteen-year-old Cal and his mother spy thousands of Mexican soldiers approaching, but when they reach the safest place that they can find--the Alamo--Cal worries that such a small group of soldiers will not be able to fight off an entire army.
Provides a background for events leading to the Battle of the Alamo, discusses the battle's importance to the Texans' effort to win independence from Mexico, and offers a military account of the battle describing the types of Texan and Mexican troops taking part in it.
This book examines the events that led up to the terrible slaughter at the Alamo (1836) and tells how the siege has come to symbolize the American spirit of determination in the face of overwhelming odds with the rallying battle cry, "Remember the Alamo!".
