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2) Sam Houston
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Sam Houston is remembered in the name of a major city in the place he loved-Texas. Not only did he defeat Santa Anna s army to free Texas from Mexico, he worked hard to make the Republic of Texas a state and, as the Civil War loomed, to keep it in the Union. He served as president of the Republic of Texas, and then as a senator and governor of the state of Texas. But that s not all. Before Andrew Jackson sent him to Texas, Houston had already been...
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[2012]
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"Sam Houston was a teacher, a lawyer, a war hero, and statesman. He is best known for defeating the Mexican Army in 1836 and establishing Texas as an independent nation. He served two terms as the president of the Republic of Texas and helped Texas to become the twenty-eighth state."--Amazon.com.
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2016, ©1956.
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Chronicles the life of American hero Sam Houston, including his years living among the Cherokee, his ill-fated marriage, his terms as a senator and governor, and his fight for Texas's independence from Mexico. "This is the stuff of which legend is made, this story of the making of Texas, and Houston is one with those semilegendary characters--with Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, with Marion the Swamp Fox and Ethan Allen. . . . In a sense he is too...
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"In his now trademark fashion, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"--
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1994, ©1993
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Although best known as the liberator of Texas and the man who defeated the Mexican general Santa Anna at the pivotal battle of San Jacinto in Texas, Houston was originally a protégé of Andrew Jackson and had a long career in politics. With great insight into Houston's failures and successes in both public life, historian John Hoyt Williams reveals an ambitious yet troubled man who, more than any other individual, was responsible for Texas's entry...
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