Sword of San Jacinto: A Life of Sam HoustonRandom House, 1993 - 446 pagina's A modern biography of an authentic American hero--the father of Texas--published on March 2, 1993, Texas independence day and the 200th anniversary of Sam Houston's birth. Drawing on diaries, archival material, and a newly discovered cache of 400 Houston letters, historian Marshall De Bruhl vividly re-creates this legendary figure. Photographs, illustrations, and maps. |
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