A Day That Changed America
Subtitle:  The Alamo
Contributors: David Craig (Illustrator)
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: September 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780786819232
Subjects: Siege, 1836; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children: Grades 4-6; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction; Juvenile literature; History - United States/19th Century; Juvenile Fiction / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars; History - Military & Wars; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
First sentence: IT WAS JUST PAST MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 6, 1836, WHEN PRESIDENT SANTA ANNA AND HIS chief of staff, Colonel Juan Almonte, rode out to check their troops.