Title: Texas Confederate, Reconstruction governor : James Webb Throckmorton /
Authors: Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967-
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Throckmorton, J. W.; Governors Texas Biography; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Texas; Texas Politics and government; Texas History
Contents: Introduction: an enigma in nineteenth-century Texas politics -- The foundations of a frontier politician, 1825-50 -- Guardian of the frontier, 1851-57 -- The storm of passion and sectional hatred, 1857-61 -- The Civil War: "He that is not for us is against us," 1861-65 -- Tainted blood: early Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-66 -- "Every exertion within my reach": challenging presidential Reconstruction in Texas, 1866 -- An impediment to Reconstruction, 1867 -- Fueling the fires of redemption: the struggle to bring down radical rule in Texas, 1867-73 -- The end of the line: failed restorations and congressional mediocrity in the post-Reconstruction era, 1873-94.