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Author : John Hoyt Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671880713
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam Houston written by John Hoyt Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-03-03 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the tumultuous backdrop of early Texas history, Williams sketches a vivid portrait of a truly American legend. Map.

Author : Robert M. Coleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houston Displayed written by Robert M. Coleman and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Llerena Friend
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292789114
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam Houston, the Great Designer written by Llerena Friend and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Sam Houston goes beyond the romantic frontier life of the "buckskin hero from Tennessee" to examine seriously his role as an American statesman.

Author : Stephen L. Moore
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781589070097
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteen Minutes written by Stephen L. Moore and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book follows General Sam Houston as he takes command of the Texas Volunteers to lead them to victory six weeks after the fall of the Alamo.

Author : Brian Kilmeade
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525540547
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers written by Brian Kilmeade and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : James L. Haley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806152141
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam Houston written by James L. Haley and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Williams
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1640191488
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam Houston written by John Williams and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Houston was one of the most extraordinary figures in American history. During his life, he held an astonishing range of positions: governor of two states (Tennessee and Texas), congressman (Tennessee), senator (Texas), and president of the Republic of Texas during its independence. He was an ardent expansionist who helped make Manifest Destiny a reality, and more than any other individual, he was responsible for Texas's entry into the United States. But Houston was a complex man whose life was marked by disappointments and failures. He had a lifelong drinking problem, which probably caused the dissolution of his first marriage, a scandal that caused him to resign as governor of Tennessee. Following that disgrace, Houston fled into Indian Territory and oblivion. After years of wandering in the wilderness, he came to Texas and political rebirth. Houston's military fame, forged in the War of 1812, brought him to the attention of the commanding general, Andrew Jackson, who made Houston his protégé and nurtured Houston's military career. In Texas, Houston's fellow settlers, determined to break free from Mexico, chose him to command the Texas Army. After a series of tactical retreats, Houston won a decisive victory at San Jacinto, crushing the army of Mexican general Santa Anna and guaranteeing Texas's independence. But even Houston's own officers quarreled over his victory and how much credit Houston deserved for it. As governor of Texas in 1861, Houston, fiercely pro-Union, refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy when Texas joined the new Southern nation, and he was forced from office. He died in 1863, a bloody war raging as he predicted it would following succession. This is a vivid, exciting biography of one of the giants of nineteenth-century America.

Author : Sam Houston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863 written by Sam Houston and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Carey Crane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.F4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life and Select Literary Remains of Sam Houston of Texas ... written by William Carey Crane and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published soon after his death. Includes: Early history of Texas before the Battle of San Jacinto, Parentage and early life including life among the Cherokee Indians, Early military career, Studies law with time as member of Congress, Governor, marriage and reasons for leaving his first wife; Life among the Indians, Texas Struggling, Texas Triumphing, The Alamo, Goliad, Battle of San Jacinto, Capture of Santa Anna, Houston's Election to Presidency, Recognition of Texan Independence, The Succeeding Administration the Reverse of Houston's, Gen. Houston's second Presidential term, Impressions produced by appeal to Great powers-annexation, Secret message to the Texan Congress on Annexation, Close of Houston's Second term as President, Houston's entrace into the US House of Representatives 1823, Houston's four years in the house, Houston's entrance into the US Senate 1846, Houston in US Senate under President Polk, Houston in the Senate under the Whig Administration, Houston in Senate under President Pierce, Houson in Senate under President Buchanan, Career of Houston as Governor of Texas, Closing Days, Gen Houston's religious life, Anecdotes, Domestic life of Sam Houston, General estimate of Houston's character. Also includes Texan Declaration of Independence March 2, 1836-names of signers. Illustrations.--Amazon.com.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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