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The Texas that might have been : Sam Houston's foes write to Albert Sidney Johnston /

Although Sam Houston would eventually emerge as the dominant shaper of the developing Texas Republic?s destiny, many visions competed for preeminence. One of Houston?s sharpest critics, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, is the subject of this fascinating edition of letters from the period. Donald E. Will...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862, Henson, Margaret Swett, 1924-2001, Willett, Donald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 33.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The glorious excitement of uncertainty": the Lamar years, 1838-1841
  • "All that emanates from him is falsehood upon deceit": the Houston years, 1842-1845
  • "So let it be": statehood and secession, 1846-1861
  • Appendix: chronological list of the letters
  • Notes to preface and introductions.