Did You Hear What Happened at the Alamo?: The Texas Revolution of 1835-36

Building on the success of Did You Hear What Happened in Salem?— which Booklist called "irresistible" in a starred review — 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 ...