Sam Houston (1917) - Couverture rigide

Bryan, George Sands

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1436606047 ISBN 13 : 9781436606042

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Sam Houston is a biography book written by George Sands Bryan and published in 1917. The book chronicles the life of Sam Houston, a prominent figure in American history who played a significant role in the Texas Revolution and the creation of the Republic of Texas. The book begins with Houston's early life, including his childhood in Virginia and Tennessee, his time as a soldier in the War of 1812, and his early political career. It then delves into Houston's involvement in the Texas Revolution, including his leadership of the Texan army and his pivotal victory at the Battle of San Jacinto. The book also covers Houston's tenure as the first president of the Republic of Texas, his efforts to secure Texas' annexation to the United States, and his subsequent career as a U.S. Senator and Governor of Texas. Throughout the book, Bryan provides a detailed and nuanced portrait of Houston, exploring his strengths and weaknesses as a leader, his personal life and relationships, and his complex views on issues such as slavery and Native American rights. Overall, Sam Houston is a comprehensive and engaging biography that offers a compelling look at one of the most important figures in American history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Americans outside of Texas, Sam Houston is rather vague and unconvincing. He has been grouped with Carson and Custer, with Boone and Crockett; but to the general reader Sam Houston is probably less familiar than any of them. Yet Houston was a notable personality. His life was full of adventure and romantic incident. He came to be the outstanding figure in a highly important phase of American history. He smacked of our soil and was peculiarly typical of times and conditions long passed but still of real interest. I have sought to give a vital picture of Houston himself and to set forth as fully as necessary the events in Texas in which he phyed so weighty a part. I ma here acknowledge my general indebtedness to the labor? of; Garrison, Smith, aiid others. For myself, the more I have studied Houston, the more 1nave admired, him. If such be not the experience of my readers, the fault, i fear, is mine. G. S. B.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1436606047
• ISBN 13: 9781436606042
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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