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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Roberts, Madge Thornall, 1929- Star of destiny. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [1993] (OCoLC)624114791 |
| Named Person: | Sam Houston; Margaret Lea Houston; Sam Houston; Margaret L Houston |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Madge Thornall Roberts |
| ISBN: | 0929398513 9780929398518 |
| OCLC Number: | 26396197 |
| Description: | xv, 432 p. : ill., ports., facs. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | I have a strange feeling that someday I shall meet this man -- Last night I gazed long upon our beauteous emblem, the star of destiny -- My mind fixes itself on the bright hour in which we first met and loved -- The gay voice of his wife, mingling tones of her harp and piano, was heard -- She would have graced the household of any man, be he president or prince -- Alas, what has always been my decision when my own happiness or the good of the country was to be sacrificed? -- He has decided [I] must be operated on ... I hope to sit down to it like a soldier -- I am where it is said the world is, and yet I am far from all that constitutes my world on earth -- Last night as I came home ... I saw our "Star" -- I am gratified to see that you are homesick and weary of public life -- If his affection had been equal to mine, could he have left me? -- There is everywhere a void which nothing can fill, but the presence of my darling husband -- Do you know I am more in love with you than I ever was in my life? -- In the still watches of the night, I hear him agonizing in prayer for our distracted country -- I have no spirit to write ... on account of my deep affliction from my dear boy being sent to Mississippi -- When the great sorrow first fell ... I could not see how [to] guide my little flock through the dreary wilderness -- [She was a woman] of character, culture, and staunch devotion ... [who] greatly influenced Sam Houston and the course of Texas history. |
| Responsibility: | by Madge Thornall Roberts ; foreword by Randolph B. Campbell. |
Abstract:
Biography of Sam Houston, discussing the influence of his wife and children on his life.
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- Houston, Sam, -- 1793-1863.
- Houston, Margaret Lea, -- 1819-1867.
- Governors -- Texas -- Biography.
- Governors' spouses -- Texas -- Biography.
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
- Legislators' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
- United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography.
- Houston, Sam
- Houston, Margaret L.
