Book Description
for A Day That Changed America by Shelley Tanaka and David Craig
From the Publisher
The gruesome Battle of the Alamo is re-created through paintings, historical artifacts, pictorial maps, and diagrams in this excellent introduction to a monumental day in United States history. With informative sidebars about the people involved, background information, and other interesting facts about the Alamo, this unique perspective is told through two survivors who offer different viewpoints. A historically accurate portrayal—with insights from the curator and historian of the Alamo in San Antonio—this reference is ideal for learning about Texas’s stand against the Mexican siege.