The secret war for Texas
By: Stuart Reid.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest -- no. 28
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781585445653
Subjects: Grant, James, -- 1793-1836; Soldiers -- Texas -- Biography; Scots -- Texas -- Biography; Landowners -- Texas -- Biography; Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836; Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Biography; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1861; United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: On the eve of the Texas uprising, only two things stood in the way of American ambitions to reach the Pacific Ocean: the British claim to the Oregon country and the vast but sparsely populated Mexican province of Texas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gone to Texas; title: Revolution; title: Bexar; title: Contending chieftains; title: High noon at Goliad; title: Rio Grande; title: "Go in and die with the boys"; title: From sea to shining sea; title: Postscript; title: Appendix : Grant's men.