With Sam Houston in Texas

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Edwin L. Sabin. With Sam Houston in Texas

With Sam Houston in Texas

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FOREWORD

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE RISE OF TEXAS

SAM HOUSTON. THE BUILDER OF TEXAS

I “I AM SAM HOUSTON”

II. ON THE ROAD TO TEXAS

III. SANTA ANNA PROVES FALSE

IV “WE MUST DEFEND OUR RIGHTS”

V. ERNEST CARRIES THE ALARM

VI. GONZALES KEEPS ITS SIX-POUNDER

VII. THE MUSTERING OF THE TROOPS

VIII. THE MARCH ON SAN ANTONIO

IX. WITH JIM BOWIE AT THE HORSESHOE

X. AN APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES

XI. SAM HOUSTON COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

XII. HOUSE TO HOUSE IN OLD BEJAR

XIII. GENERAL HOUSTON DESPAIRS

XIV. INDEPENDENCE IS DECLARED

XV. THE SIGNAL GUNS OF THE ALAMO

XVI. MESSENGERS OF DISTRESS

XVII. RETREAT, AND EVER RETREAT

XVIII. TO FACE THE ENEMY AT LAST

XIX. FINDING SANTA ANNA

XX “WILL YOU COME TO THE BOWER?”

XXI. THE NAPOLEON OF THE WEST SURRENDERS

XXII. PRESIDENT HOUSTON RESIGNS HIS SWORD

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Edwin L. Sabin

Published by Good Press, 2021

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1843—Texas and Mexico agree to a truce until commissioners can discuss terms of peace between the two republics.

1843—Mexico announces that the annexation of Texas by the United States would be viewed as a declaration of war.

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