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Book SynopsisThis is the story of a New Englander who came penniless to Mexican Texas in 1833 and within the next decade helped to bring his adopted country through the turbulent disorders of settlement, revolution, political experimentation, and statehood.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Prologue
- I. Thirteenth Child
- II. Brotherly Love in Philadelphia
- III. Nadir
- IV. Mr. Austin’s Texas
- V. Five Thousand a Year
- VI. An Anxious Observer
- VII. 1836
- VIII. Brazoria
- IX. A Mammoth Scheme
- X. The City of Houston
- XI. Mr. Jones of B.
- XII. Guide, Philosopher, Friend
- XIII. Annexation?
- XIV. The Thread
- XV. Jeannette
- XVI. Mr. Lamar’s Texas
- XVII. Like Certain Fevers
- XVIII. The City of Austin
- XIX. Some Courtly Language
- XX. Not by My Vote …
- XXI. Farewell to Politics
- XXII. Without Money, Without Credit …
- XXIII. Secretary of State
- XXIV. Mr. Houston’s Texas
- XXV. Washington-on-the-Brazos
- XXVI. Armistice
- XXVII. An Uncertain Die
- XXVIII. The Absorbing Question
- XXIX. Secret, Dark and Diligent
- XXX. Wary as Foxes
- XXXI. Interlude
- XXXII. The President
- XXXIII. Alternatives
- XXXIV. Mr. Jones’s Texas
- XXXV. Mission Accomplished
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
