Sam Houston /
"In the decades preceding the Civil War, few figures in the United States were as influential or as controversial as Sam Houston. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houston's momentous career and the complex man behind it. Haley's fifteen years of research and writing have produc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Norman, Oklahoma :
University of Oklahoma Press,
2004.
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| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | "In the decades preceding the Civil War, few figures in the United States were as influential or as controversial as Sam Houston. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houston's momentous career and the complex man behind it. Haley's fifteen years of research and writing have produced possibly the most complete, most personal, and most readable Sam Houston biography ever written. Drawn from personal papers never before available as well as the papers of others in Houston's circle, this biography will delight anyone intrigued by Sam Houston, Texas history, Civil War history, or America's tradition of rugged individualism" -- Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 513 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-493) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0806134054 9780806134055 0806136448 9780806136448 |