
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.

The tumultuous times of the Texas War of Independence from Mexico comes alive in the diary of thirteen year old Lucinda Lawrence, living in the Texas colony of Gonzales. From the sometime comical events of her life in a log cabin with three brothers, a raccoon, and hard-working...

