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Author: Judy Alter Publisher: TCU Press ISBN: 9780875652771 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
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In 1836, determined to avenge her father's death at the Alamo, a twelve-year-old girl sets out across Texas alone gathering support for Sam Houston in the fight against Mexico's General Santa Anna.
Author: Judy Alter Publisher: TCU Press ISBN: 9780875652771 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
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In 1836, determined to avenge her father's death at the Alamo, a twelve-year-old girl sets out across Texas alone gathering support for Sam Houston in the fight against Mexico's General Santa Anna.
Author: James L. Haley Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN: 0806152141 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 546
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In the decades preceding the Civil War, few figures in the United States were as influential or as controversial as Sam Houston. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houston’s momentous career and the complex man behind it. Haley’s fifteen years of research and writing have produced possibly the most complete, most personal, and most readable Sam Houston biography ever written. Drawn from personal papers never before available as well as the papers of others in Houston’s circle, this biography will delight anyone intrigued by Sam Houston, Texas history, Civil War history, or America’s tradition of rugged individualism.
Author: Brian Kilmeade Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0525540547 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 290
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The New York Times bestseller now in paperback with a new epilogue. In March 1836, the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna massacred more than two hundred Texians who had been trapped in the Alamo. After thirteen days of fighting, American legends Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett died there, along with other Americans who had moved to Texas looking for a fresh start. It was a crushing blow to Texas’s fight for freedom. But the story doesn’t end there. The defeat galvanized the Texian settlers, and under General Sam Houston’s leadership they rallied. Six weeks after the Alamo, Houston and his band of settlers defeated Santa Anna’s army in a shocking victory, winning the independence for which so many had died. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers recaptures this pivotal war that changed America forever, and sheds light on the tightrope all war heroes walk between courage and calculation. Thanks to Kilmeade’s storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo—and recognize the lesser known heroes who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
Author: John Hoyt Williams Publisher: Promontory Press ISBN: 9780883941003 Category : Governors Languages : en Pages : 0
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An account of the famous Texas hero details Houston's life, from his controversial military and political careers to his stints as district attorney, congressman, and governor, bringing to light both his failures and achievements.
Author: William R. Sanford Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC ISBN: 9780766040090 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 52
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"Examines the life of Sam Houston, including his early life on the Western frontier, his time as a soldier, leading the fight for Texas' independence, and his political career in Texas"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Patricia Smith Prather Publisher: University of North Texas Press ISBN: 9780929398877 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 298
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Joshua Houston (1822- 1902) was born on the Temple Lea plantation in Marion, Perry County, Alabama. In 1834 Templeton Lea died and willed Joshua to his daughter, Margaret, as her personal slave. In 1840 Margaret Lea married General Sam Houston and moved to Texas. She took Joshua with her. Joshua faithfully served the Houston family during their many political and financial ups and downs. In 1862 Sam Houston freed his slaves. Joshua elected to remain with the Houston family and took Houston as his surname. In 1866 he homesteaded in Huntsville, Texas, near the Houston family. He became a well-known and respected public figure in Huntsville where he served as city alderman and later served as county commissioner of Wlker County. In 188 he was elected as a delegate to the National Republican Convention from Texas. He was the father of seven or eight children by three different women. Descendants live in Texas.
Author: Judy Alter
Author: Judy Alter
Author: Judy Alter
Author: James L. Haley
Author: John Hoyt Williams
Author: David A. Adler
Author: Brian Kilmeade
Author: John Hoyt Williams
Author: William R. Sanford
Author: Marquis James
Author: Patricia Smith Prather