More zeal than discretion
Subtitle: the westward adventures of Walter P. Lane
By: Jimmy L. Bryan Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest -- no. 31
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781603440707
Subjects: Lane, Walter P. -- 1817-1892; Texas. -- Militia -- Biography; Veterans -- Texas -- Biography; Generals -- Texas -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836; United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Walter P. Lane emigrated from Ireland as a young boy, fought in three wars, sailed the Texas coast with a privateer, and traveled to California and Arizona in search of gold. What drove this man, who in many ways typifies the adventurers who contributed to the westward expansion in the United States during the early nineteenth century? As Jimmy L. Bryan Jr. reveals in this superbly researched and nuanced work, Walter P. Lane, like many men of his generation, was driven in part by his ideals of gender, ethnicity, and nationality. In this first full-length biography of Lane, Bryan has exhaustively mined personal papers, memoirs, contemporary sources, and archived collections to produce a portrait, not only of an individual who exemplifies "the proud military tradition of Texas," but also of the times in which Lane lived and the principles that fired his imagination and stoked his ambition."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The road to San Jacinto (1817-36); title: Los piratas de Tejas (1836-37); title: Red lander (1837-44); title: Storming Monterrey (1845-46); title: The fault of all Texans (1846-48); title: By flood and field (1848-58); title: Family, community, and secession (1858-61); title: The Marshal Ney of Texas (1861-62); title: Partisan ranger (1862-65); title: Citizen Lane (1866-86); title: Recollections (1874-91); title: Epilogue.