02205cam a2200373 4500 428627842 TxAuBib 20200625120000.0 130627s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013024810 9780448467108 0448467100 (OCoLC)830367568 TxAuBib Pollack, Pam. What Was the Alamo? / by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by David Groff. New York, New York, USA : Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013] 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. What was What was--? Includes bibliographical references (page 108). ""Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, young readers will relive this famous moment in Texas history"-- Provided by publisher. "Two hundred Americans held off more than two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days before defeat. Only two Texans survived. The siege was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. How many kids even knew there was a Republic of Texas? Now they will! With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, young readers will relive the battle at the Alamo!"-- Provided by publisher. 20200625. Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Siege, 1836. San Antonio (Tex.) Buildings, structures, etc. Texas History To 1846. Santa Anna. Davy Crockett. Belviso, Meg. Groff, David, 1956- What was. What was--?