The taking of Texas
Subtitle: a documentary history
By: Franklin Madis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Eakin Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Sources.; Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Sources.; Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846 -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: The harsh land; title: The spark that started the blaze; title: Colonization on a shoestring; title: "Under Santa-Anna and moving in the direction of Béjar are ten thousand men!"; title: "My spirit is dampened, but my will, never."; title: "Under the mask of friendship ..."; title: "No telling how we'll get out of this jackpot ..."; title: "A tactic unknown anywhere else in the world. My soldiers have learned to not eat ..."; title: Retreat through the woods; title: "Our band played Hail Columbia and Yankee Doodle ..."; title: "The meanest looking set of men to be called soldiers I ever saw ..."; title: "Losses upon losses ..."; title: "There has been enough blood spilled on both sides to satisfy any one nation ..."; title: "War is hell ...".