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Stephen F. Austin, empresario of Texas / Gregg Cantrell.
LIBRA F389.A942 C36 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cantrell, Gregg, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836.
- Austin, Stephen F.
- Texas--History--To 1846.
- Texas.
- History.
- Pioneers--Texas--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 493 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas, " has long been enshrined in the public imagination as an authentic American hero, but one who was colorless and rather remote. This book, the first major biography in more than 70 years, brings Austin's private life, motives, personality, and character into sharp focus. 37 illustrations.
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-462) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300076835
- OCLC:
- 40423167
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