Did You Hear What Happened at the Alamo?

By Katie Kennedy, Nick Thornborrow (Illustrator)

Part of the Did You Hear What Happened? series

Witness the clash of ideals and armies at the Alamo, where independence and destiny collide.

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176 pages

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In the 1820s, Texas is a land of opportunity and conflict. As settlers flood in with dreams of freedom, tensions rise with the Mexican government. When the Texians declare independence, legendary figures like Travis, Bowie, and Crockett stand against General Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo. Through the eyes of a witty narrator, experience the daring escapes, betrayals, and sacrifices that shaped Texas. Will the fight for freedom succeed, or will it end in tragedy? Discover the untold stories behind this pivotal moment in history, where courage and ambition meet on the battlefield.

From the publisher

Building on the success of Did You Hear What Happened in Salem?, acclaimed historian Katie Kennedy presents the larger-than-life historical figures, daring escapes, heartless betrayals, and noble sacrifices that led to the infamous Battle of the Alamo and the birth of the state of Texas. In the 1820s, when Texas was still a part of Mexico, settlers from the United States began to pour in. They brought covered wagons, chickens, and cannons. They brought enslaved people. And they brought grand ideas about what they should get to do in their new land, which were basically: whatever they wanted. The Mexican government wasn’t so sure about that. But as more and more settlers moved in, the big personalities, rash decisions, and grand proclamations piled up. When these new “Texians” decided to declare independence, fighters like William Travis, Jim Bowie, and David Crockett came forward to resist the proud General Antonio López de Santa Anna and his army. They would face off at an old church in San Antonio, known as the Alamo. And I saw it all. With a funny and surprising first-person narrator, Did You Hear What Happened at the Alamo? offers a brutally honest–and wildly entertaining–new account of the creation of Texas and the stories we tell about our history. “Irresistible” –Booklist, starred review

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