Make Way for Sam Houston
by Jean Fritz
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 039921304X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399213045
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Synopsis
Colorful Sam Houston leaps to life in the pages of this fresh and funny biography, set against the story of Texas?s fight for independence from Mexico. ?Lively, readable, and solidly researched, this is the kind of biography every child needs.? ? Booklist , starred review ?Jean Fritz has done it again.?Her writing turns this larger-than-life character into a very real person.?? School Library Journal , starred review ?Young readers will find the book fast-paced and fact-packed.? ? The New York Times Book Review Jean Fritz lives in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005026
- Title
- Make Way for Sam Houston
- Author
- Jean Fritz
- Illustrator
- Elise Primavera
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 039921304X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399213045
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- young readers, Sam Houston, Civil War, The Alamo, Texas Independence, Slavery, Santa Anna, Battle of San Jacinto, confederacy, secession.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Mexican War;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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