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Sam Houston and the American Southwest / Randolph B. Campbell ; edited by Mark C. Carnes.
Van Pelt Library F390.H84 C36 2007
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, Randolph B., 1940-2022.
- Series:
- Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.)
- Library of American biography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
- Houston, Sam.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Governors--Texas--Biography.
- Governors.
- Texas.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- Texas--History--To 1846.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 226 pages : portrait ; 20 cm.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pearson Longman, [2007]
- Summary:
- Longman is proud to publish the Library of American Biography series, offering ideal reading for introductory and upper-level courses in United States history. These concise biographies focus on individuals whose actions and ideas greatly influenced American history and relate the lives of the subjects to the issues and events of their times.
- Under new series editor Mark C. Carnes, the Library of American Biography series is being revised and updated with today's students in mind. All volumes are now offered at a lower price, and each new volume includes Study and Discussion Questions, which encourage readers to reflect on the role of the profiled individual in shaping American history.
- Contents:
- 1 "You Shall Hear of Me" 1
- 2 "A Particular Friend of Mine" 13
- 3 "A Voluntary Exile" 27
- 4 "The Finest Country ... Upon the Globe" 43
- 5 "If I Err, the Blame Is Mine" 63
- 6 "Perfectly Aware of the Difficulties That Surround Me" 89
- 7 "The Only Man for Texas" 107
- 8 "Annexation to the Mother Country Is Assured" 129
- 9 "Stir Not Up Agitation!" 155
- 10 "Whipsters and Demagogues" 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0321385721
- OCLC:
- 70048199
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