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A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence

by Sherry Garland · 1998

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In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.

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childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
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