Taming Texas: Captain William T. Sadler's Lone Star Service - Hardcover

Stephen Moore (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1880510685 ISBN 13: 9781880510681

Publisher: State House Press / McWhiney Foundation Press, 2000

Synopsis

The history of Texas is usually told in terms of its "giants" such as Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Here, instead, is a history of Texas told by one of its lesser giants, William Turner Sadler (1797-1884), whose biography becomes the framework for an exciting view of Texas History. Sadler, one of the leading pioneers of nineteenth-century Texas, participated in most of the major events of the period. He migrated to Texas from Georgia in 1835 to become a farmer. He soon found himself in command of a ranger company that built Fort Houston, served as a private in the battle of San Jacinto, was active in quelling the Cordova Rebellion, and became a leader in the campaign against Chief Bowles and the Cherokees. Eventually he served as a representative in both the Republic Congress and the state legislature. During the Civil War, at the age of sixty-six, Sadler served in Terrell's Texas Cavalry.

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Review:

"If you are interested in early Texas . . . this is the book for you."--test

About the Author:

STEPHEN L. MOORE is a sixth-generation Texan and author of Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, Volume I, 1835-1837 and Volume II, 1838-1839. He is also the author of Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign and Taming Texas: Captain William T. Sadler's Lone Star Service. He lives in Lantana, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: State House Press / McWhiney Foundation Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1880510685
• ISBN 13: 9781880510681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400