title: The Alamo: Myths, Legends, and Facts (Monumental History)
author:  Jessica Gunderson 
description: Jessica Gunderson grew up in the small town of Washburn, North Dakota. She has a bachelors degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has written more than fifty books for young readers. Her book Ropes of Revolution won the 2008 Moonbeam Award for best graphic novel. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and cat.
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  # Remember the Alamo
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Amelia E. Barr
  
  
  CHAPTER I. THE CITY IN THE WILDERNESS
  
  
  CHAPTER II. ANTONIA AND ISABEL
  
  
  CHAPTER III. BUILDERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE SHINING BANDS OF LOVE
  
  
  CHAPTER V. A FAMOUS BARBECUE
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. ROBERT WORTH IS DISARMED
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. A MEETING AT MIDNIGHT
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. MOTHER AND PRIEST
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. THE STORMING OF THE ALAMO
  
  
  CHAPTER X. THE DOCTOR AND THE PRIEST
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. A HAPPY TRUCE
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. DANGER AND HELP
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. THE ARRIVAL OF SANTA ANNA
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. THE FALL OF THE ALAMO
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. GOLIAD
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. THE LOADSTONE IN THE BREAST
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. HOME AGAIN
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. UNDER ONE FLAG
  
  
  
  
  
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  "What, are you stepping westward?" "Yea."
  
  
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  Yet who would stop or fear to advance,
  
  
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