Contents ▼▲
Front Matter "I am Sam Houston" On the Road to Texas Santa Anna Proves False "We Must Defend Our Rights" Ernest Carries the Alarm Gonzales Keeps Six-Pounders The Mustering of the Troops The March on San Antonio Jim Bowie at Horseshoe Appeal to the United States Houston Commander-in-Chief House to House in Old Bejar General Houston Despairs Independence is Declared Signal Guns of the Alamo Messengers of Distress Retreat, and Ever Retreat To Face the Enemy at Last Finding Santa Anna "Will You Come to the Bower?" Napoleon of the West Houston Resigns his Sword Chronology: Rise of Texas Chronology: Sam Houston

With Sam Houston in Texas - Edwin Sabin



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AND AMIDST A GENERAL CRY, OVER SHE WENT.


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TO THE
AMERICAN SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
AND ITS STARS
IN THE AMERICAN FLAG


When Freedom from her mountain-height

Unfurled her standard in the air,

She tore teh azure robe of night

And set the stars of glory there.

—Drake





Foreword

Sam Houston should justly be regarded as a great American. . . . .


EDWIN L. SABIN

CALIFORNIA, June 1, 1916.


Editor's Note: In this version of the book the chronological listings of the events in the History of Texas, and the life of Sam Houston, have been removed from the front of the book, to the final chapters. The are valuable references but do not immediately pertain to the primary story line.


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