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Sort by:     ISBN     Product     Price      Default     See details A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 ISBN: 0590394665 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. Market price: $10.95 Our price: $7.99 , save 27% Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Buy Now  See details About the American Frontier ISBN: 087226498X Presents facts about life for the nineteenth-century pioneers on the American frontier. 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