Sam Houston : colossus in buckskin /
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| Author / Creator: | Creel, George, 1876-1953. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. |
| Description: | 5 preliminary leaves, 340 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2452976 |
Table of Contents:
- The boyhood of a titan
- Sam Houston wins his spurs
- The great gesture
- Co-lon-neh the rover
- Caning a Congressman
- The story of Texas
- A new life in a new land
- The Texans rebel
- A disastrous victory
- The Alamo
- The Lone Star Republic
- The Goliad Massacre
- Houston's Valley Forge
- San Jacinto
- "The Napoleon of the Western World"
- Texas and the United States
- Houston as an administrator
- Houston and his enemies
- Lamar brings ruin
- Santa Anna's gratitude
- Houston plays world politics
- England and France conspire
- Annexation
- Sam Houston as Senator
- Sam Houston vs. Texas
- Last days of a titan.