Sam Houston's Texas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flanagan, Sue.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas.

Photography in historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: University of Texas Press, 1973.

Summary:

This book offers a photographic and textual exploration of Sam Houston's life and legacy in Texas. Authored by Sue Flanagan, it captures Houston's humor, descriptive powers, and his unique vision through original letters and speeches. The author retraces Houston's steps across Texas, documenting locations significant to his life with photographs and historical records. The narrative aims to entertain and inform, providing insights into Houston's leadership, controversies, and contributions to Texas history. The book is intended for history enthusiasts and those interested in Texas's heritage. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Permissions To Quote

Contents

List of Photographs

1832: “I am about to enter Texas.”

1833: “I may make Texas my abiding place.”

1834: “The course that I may pursue … shall be for the true interests of Texas.”

1835: “Our actions are to become a part of the history of mankind.”

1836: “It will be fame enough to say, 1 was a member of the Army of San Jacinto’.”

1837: “Texas … will not escape the eye of statesmen.”

1838: “My career … I am aware … must pass … the scrutiny of after time.”

1839: “I might have been happy … had I not known the full extent of Lamar’s stupidity.”

1840: “There is rottenness at the core!”

1841: “Our motto ought to be, ‘Fewer officers, and more cornfields’.”

1842: “Fools only pursue phantoms & children will chase butterflies.”

1843: “That my motives should be understood was not to be expected.”

1844: “If we remain an independent nation, our territory will be extensive—unlimited.”

1845: “The great object of Texian statesmen has been achieved.”

1846: “The Sabine may be connected with the Rio Grande.”

1847: “This was placed before the eyes of Texas.”

1848: “We marked out our boundary by our life’s blood.”

1849: “Mad fanaticism at the north, and mad ambition at the south … provoke assaults upon me.”

1850: “For a nation divided against itself cannot stand.”

1851: “Centralism is the danger against which the States have to guard.”

1852: “Insist upon the right of the South to the nominee, be who he may.” Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Flanagan, Sue Sam Houston's Texas

ISBN:

9780292762480

OCLC:

1303083884