... , the reader may lose respect for the war heroes that are so admired Americans. At the end of the book a bibliography is included providing primary sources, contemporary newspapers, government documents, books and articles, and secondary sources. With all these included, Long provides over fifty sources. By providing the reader with a point of view that is not often seen the reader will ... readers who are not familiar with the Alamo to gain a great amount of knowledge. Background is given on characters on both sides that allows the readers to become emotionally involved with the book wh...

• Word Count: 1891
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

... range of view and deep explanatory power, he put into expression and with immense affection everything he saw and wrote for the country. Having read every available context by and about Houston, and having following the traces of every trek he made, Sue Flanagan delineates the Texas that Houston ... his work on Texas History and the Texas Revolution, Henry William "Billiam" Brands. H.W Brands is an American historian and an author of 22 books. Moreover, he is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin where he earned his Ph.D in History 30 years ago, in 1985.2 H.W Brand ... detai...

• Word Count: 2430
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School