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True Stories of Great Americans: Sam Houston
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Curiously enough, to 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 played so weighty a part. I may here acknowledge my general indebtedness to the labors of Garrison, Smith, and others. For myself, the more I have studied Houston, the more I have admired him. If such be not the experience of my readers, the fault, I fear, is mine.
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Curiously enough, to 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 played so weighty a part. I may here acknowledge my general indebtedness to the labors of Garrison, Smith, and others. For myself, the more I have studied Houston, the more I have admired him. If such be not the experience of my readers, the fault, I fear, is mine.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
216 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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March 24, 2020
Sam Houston's daring and leadership are right up there with Boone and Crockett, very exciting to follow him through the Texas war.
March 24, 2020
There is no more pivotal character in the Texan war for independence than Sam Houston.
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