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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52979173 Title: Lone star nation : how a ragged army of volunteers won the battle for Texas independence, and changed America Author: H W Brands Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2004. ISBN/ISSN: 0385507372 9780385507370 0385509286 9780385509282 OCLC:52979173

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Lone star nation : how a ragged army of volunteers won the battle for Texas independence, and changed America

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Lone star nation : how a ragged army of volunteers won the battle for Texas independence, and changed America

Author:	H W Brands
Publisher:	New York : Doubleday, 2004.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Traces Texas's precarious historical journey to statehood, 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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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	H W Brands Find more information about:
ISBN:	0385507372 9780385507370 0385509286 9780385509282
OCLC Number:	52979173
Notes:	Maps on endpapers.
Description:	582 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Part 1: The banks of the Brazos (to 1828) -- The promised land -- El Camino real -- The people of the horse -- Don Estevan -- The three hundred -- Part 2: Ravenous democracy (1828-1834) -- Love and war -- To defend the revolution -- What will become of Texas? -- A conspiracy of volunteers -- The general is friendly -- Part 3: Blood on the sand (1835-1836) -- The sword is drawn -- Lexington on the Guadalupe -- Behind Ben Milam -- The army of operations -- Victory or ... -- At discretion -- Runaway -- A people in arms -- Part 4: Lone Star and Union (1836-1865) -- Victors and vanquished -- Slavery and freedom -- Andrew Jackson dies happy -- The trial of Sam Houston.
Responsibility:	H.W. Brands.
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Traces Texas's precarious historical journey to statehood, 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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