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  Title

  Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers [text (large print)] : the Texas victory that changed American history First large print edition.

  Author

  Kilmeade, Brian.  

  Publisher:

  Random House Large Print,

  Pub date:

  2019, c2019.

  Pages:

  381 pages (large print) :

  ISBN:

  9780593152270

  Item info:

  1 copy available at KETCHIKAN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
  

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  Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers [text (large print)] : the Texas victory that changed American history First large print edition.
  Kilmeade, Brian.
  
  
  

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  Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers [text (large print)] : the Texas victory that changed American history First large print edition.
  Kilmeade, Brian.
  

  Personal Author:

  Kilmeade, Brian.

  Title:

  Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers [text (large print)] : the Texas victory that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade.

  Edition:

  First large print edition.

  Publication info:

  [New York] : Random House Large Print, 2019, c2019.

  Physical description:

  381 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

  Contents:

  General Jackson's Protege -- Gone to Texas -- "Come and Take It" -- Concepcion -- A Slow Siege at the Alamo -- The Defenders -- Twelve Days of Uncertainty -- The Massacre -- Bring Out the Dead -- Houston Hears the News -- Fort Defiance -- The Texian Exodus -- An Army Assembles -- The Battle at San Jacinto -- "Remember the Alamo!" -- Old Sam Jacinto -- President Sam Houston -- epilogue -- The Founding and the Founders of Texas.

  Summary:

  "In his now trademark fashion, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"-- Provided by publisher.

  Held by:

  PL

  Personal subject:

  Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.

  Subject term:

  Governors--Texas--Biography.

  Subject term:

  Legislators--United States--Biography.

  Geographic term:

  Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.

  Geographic term:

  Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836.

  Geographic term:

  Texas--History--To 1846.

  Genre index term:

  Large type books.