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Product Description: This book follows the life of Jim Bowie from his childhood on the American frontier to his courageous death at the Alamo. Highlighting the spirit of adventure that led Bowie to Mexico and involved him in the war for Texas independence, author Ann Graham Gaines examines the personal side of this legendary frontiersman...read more

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9780766064706 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 1, 2015, cover price $27.94 | About this edition: This book follows the life of Jim Bowie from his childhood on the American frontier to his courageous death at the Alamo.

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9780766064713 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 31, 2016, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: This book follows the life of Jim Bowie from his childhood on the American frontier to his courageous death at the Alamo.

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Product Description: The accomplishments of famed cattleman Charles Goodnight are retold with a fresh perspective in this biography. From the blazing of the Goodnight-Loving Trail to the invention of the chuck wagon, Goodnight remains a pivotal figure in Texas ranching lore.

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9781477709184 | Rosen Pub Group, January 15, 2013, cover price $10.00

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9781477709078 | Powerkids Pr, May 1, 2013, cover price $26.25 | About this edition: The accomplishments of famed cattleman Charles Goodnight are retold with a fresh perspective in this biography.

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9781477709344 | Rosen Pub Group, January 15, 2013, cover price $10.00

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9781477709146 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013, cover price $26.25

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Product Description: Jim Bowie, known for his famous knife and for his famous demise at the Alamo, lived a life full of adventure. From duels, land speculation schemes, and a hunt for the San Saba silver mines, his life was ready-made to become a legend...read more

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9781448852307 | Powerkids Pr, August 15, 2011, cover price $10.60

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9781448851966 | Powerkids Pr, August 15, 2011, cover price $26.25 | About this edition: Jim Bowie, known for his famous knife and for his famous demise at the Alamo, lived a life full of adventure.

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Product Description: The Library of American Lives and Times™ Biographies For Grades 4-8 Correlated to the Curriculum Extend the learning through this new biography series. The Library of American Lives and Times use extensive primary resources as it brings American history to life for your students...read more

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9781423394204 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, June 20, 2009), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: The Library of American Lives and Times™ Biographies For Grades 4-8 Correlated to the Curriculum Extend the learning through this new biography series.
9781423394211, titled "Jim Bowie: Frontier Legend, Alamo Hero, Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, June 20, 2009), cover price $39.97 | also contains Jim Bowie: Frontier Legend, Alamo Hero, Library Edition | About this edition: The Library of American Lives and Times™ Biographies For Grades 4-8 Correlated to the Curriculum Extend the learning through this new biography series.
9781423394228 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, June 20, 2009), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: The Library of American Lives and Times™ Biographies For Grades 4-8 Correlated to the Curriculum Extend the learning through this new biography series.

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9780823957347 | 1 edition (Powerplus, August 1, 2003), cover price $34.60 | About this edition: Describes the tumultuous times in early Texas history that formed the character of Jim Bowie, who is known both for inventing the Bowie knife and for fighting and dying at the Alamo.

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Product Description: The great achievements and fascinating life of Jane Long, Mother of Texas, are celebrated in this captivating biography. Readers will learn how Jane, orphaned as a young child and widowed at an early age, raised three children on her own and opened and operated a successful boarding house in Brazoria, the main port of Texas...read more

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9781933979397 | Bright Sky Pr, April 1, 2009, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The great achievements and fascinating life of Jane Long, Mother of Texas, are celebrated in this captivating biography.

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Product Description: The heroic life of Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas, is vividly portrayed in this biography that describes how a gentle man finished the work of his father and helped found an independent Texas. Detailing how Austin inherited a grant of land with instructions to form a colony in Spanish-controlled Texas, this biography tells of how Stephen spent the next fifteen years negotiating, cajoling, and eventually taking up arms against the newly independent Mexico to help found the Republic of Texas...read more
By Pat Finney (illustrator)

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9781933979458 | Bright Sky Pr, April 1, 2009, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The heroic life of Stephen F.

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Product Description: The great achievements and fascinating life of Jane Long, Mother of Texas, are celebrated in this captivating biography. Readers will learn how Jane, orphaned as a young child and widowed at an early age, raised three children on her own and opened and operated a successful boarding house in Brazoria, the main port of Texas...read more

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9781933979380 | Bright Sky Pr, April 1, 2009, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The great achievements and fascinating life of Jane Long, Mother of Texas, are celebrated in this captivating biography.

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These breezy and engaging narratives perfect for any child currently studying American history highlight the most important information in the lives of the major persons who shaped the United States of America.

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9781584155317 | Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, December 15, 2007, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: These breezy and engaging narratives perfect for any child currently studying American history highlight the most important information in the lives of the major persons who shaped the United States of America.

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An introduction to the life of Jane Wilkinson Long, a Texas pioneer who experienced the early days of that state and who was the mother of the first Anglo baby born there.
By Joyce Haynes (illustrator) and Neila Skinner Petrick

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9781589801479 | Pelican Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2004, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: An introduction to the life of Jane Wilkinson Long, a Texas pioneer who experienced the early days of that state and who was the mother of the first Anglo baby born there.

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Surveys the life of Stephen Austin, an American pioneer, who later became one of the founders of Texas.

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9780823957385 | 1 edition (Powerplus, August 1, 2003), cover price $35.60 | About this edition: Surveys the life of Stephen Austin, an American pioneer, who later became one of the founders of Texas.

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By Hsp (corporate author)

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9780153333378 | Houghton Mifflin School, January 1, 2002, cover price $5.20
9780153333385 | Pck edition (Houghton Mifflin School, January 1, 2002), cover price $26.00

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Describes the life and the legend of the frontiersman and Texas leader, Jim Bowie, who died at the fall of the Alamo. (view table of contents)

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9780823955787 | Powerkids Pr, July 1, 2001, cover price $23.60 | About this edition: Describes the life and the legend of the frontiersman and Texas leader, Jim Bowie, who died at the fall of the Alamo.

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Provides biographical sketches of the men and women who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821, including profiles of religious figures, governors, pioneers, Indian agents, and army captains. (view table of contents)

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9780292712317 | Univ of Texas Pr, April 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Provides biographical sketches of the men and women who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821, including profiles of religious figures, governors, pioneers, Indian agents, and army captains.

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Offers the story of the American hero who lost his life at the Alamo in his final valiant fight in the war for Texas independence.

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9780766012530 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 1, 2000, cover price $27.94 | About this edition: Traces the life of the frontier settler and Texas defender who died in the attack on the Alamo, including his effect on American frontier culture

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Susanna Dickenson is spared at the fall of the Alamo by General Santa Anna who hoped that her account would discourage resistance, but her story rallies the Texans
By Paul Bacon (illustrator) and John Jakes

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9780833563293 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Relates the experiences of the Texas woman who, along with her baby, survived the 1836 massacre at the Alamo.

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Relates the adventures of Bigfoot Wallace as he travels to Texas, battles against Mexico, serves time as a hostage, and pioneers in the American West
By Jo Harper and Virginia Marsh Roeder (illustrator)

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9781571682239 | Ill edition (Eakin Pr, June 1, 1999), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Relates the adventures of Bigfoot Wallace as he travels to Texas, battles against Mexico, serves time as a hostage, and pioneers in the American West

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Presents the life story of the part-Cherokee trailblazer whose greatest accomplishment was bringing the Plains Indians to the peace table

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9781571681102 | Eakin Pr, January 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents the life story of the part-Cherokee trailblazer whose greatest accomplishment was bringing the Plains Indians to the peace table

Recounts the life of the Texas pioneer who, although hearing impaired, served the cause of Texas independence (view table of contents)
By Virginia Marsh Roeder (illustrator)

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9781571680631 | Eakin Pr, December 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Recounts the life of the Texas pioneer who, although hearing impaired, served the cause of Texas independence

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Covers the life of a Texan of Hispanic origin who was killed in the defense of the Alamo, his culture, his family, and Texas schools

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9781571680617 | Eakin Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Covers the life of a Texan of Hispanic origin who was killed in the defense of the Alamo, his culture, his family, and Texas schools

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Product Description: Book by Wade, Mary Dodson

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9781882539086 | Colophon House, November 1, 1993, cover price $15.95

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9781882539093 | Colophon House, November 1, 1993, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Book by Wade, Mary Dodson

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Text and photographs trace the life of the fearless pioneer who became known as the Mother of Texas.

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9780890158616 | Eakin Pr, October 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Text and photographs trace the life of the fearless pioneer who became known as the Mother of Texas.

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A biography of the Texas cowboy who was one of the first permanent settlers of the Panhandle, developed the chuck wagon and the sidesaddle, and experimented with plants and animals

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9780890157411 | Eakin Pr, December 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Texas cowboy who was one of the first permanent settlers of the Panhandle, developed the chuck wagon and the sidesaddle, and experimented with plants and animals

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Susanna Dickenson is spared at the fall of the Alamo by General Santa Anna who hoped that her account would discourage resistance, but her story rallies the Texans

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9780152005955 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1990, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Relates the experiences of the Texas woman who, along with her baby, survived the 1836 massacre at the Alamo.

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