Not Without Honor: The Life of John H. Reagan (Texas History Paperbacks Series: No. 10) - Softcover

Procter, Ben H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292700997 ISBN 13: 9780292700994

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1971

Synopsis

Not Without Honor John H. Reagan was one of the most important figures in Texas history; this was the first biography of him to be published. Reagan, who was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1818, came to Texas twenty-one years later--while Texas was still a republic--and stayed to play many major roles in its later economic and political development.In this excellent biography, Ben H. Procter not only re-creates for us the character of the man, with his forthright integrity and his boundless desire for knowledge, but also places him against the background of the time in which he lived. In vivid language Procter portrays the violence and vigor of pioneer life, the excitem...

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Review:

"[Not without Honor] illuminates Texas politics during sixty-six years; Federal and Confederate politics from 1857 to 1891; but more importantly it traces with care and understanding the evolution of a barely literate Tennessee farm boy into a man who came as close as any Texan to the stature of a statesman." * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *

About the Author:

Ben H. Procter (1927-2012) was Cecil and Ida Green Emeritus Chair of History at Texas Christian University.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0292700997
• ISBN 13: 9780292700994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384