Lone Star Nation: How a Ragtag Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Indepedence and Changed America - Hardcover

Brands, H. W.

 
9780385507370: Lone Star Nation: How a Ragtag Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Indepedence and Changed America

Synopsis

Traces Texas's precarious historical journey to statehood from the perspectives of such figures as Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, and Andrew Jackson, covering such events as its early colonization, the battle at the Alamo, its Native American and Mexican heritage, and its early days as a new Republic.

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About the Authors

H. W. BRANDS is Distinguished Professor and holder of the Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in American History at Texas A&M University. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, he is the author of T.R. and The First American, the critically acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin Franklin, and The Age of Gold, the celebrated history of the California Gold Rush. He lives in Austin, Texas.



H. W. Brands is Distinguished Professor and holder of the Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in American History at Texas A&M University.

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9781400030705: Lone Star Nation: The Epic Story of the Battle for Texas Independence

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ISBN 10:  1400030706 ISBN 13:  9781400030705
Publisher: Anchor Books, 2005
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