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" Lone star nation : "
H.W. Brands.
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BL
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874712
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| Main Entry
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Brands, H. W.
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| Title & Author
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Lone star nation : : how a ragged army of volunteers won the battle for Texas independence, and changed America /\ H.W. Brands.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Doubleday,, 2004.
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582 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0385507372
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: 0385509286
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: 1400030706
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: 9780385507370
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: 9780385509282
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: 9781400030705
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| Notes
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Maps on endpapers.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-563) and index.
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| Contents
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Part 1: The banks of the Brazos (to 1828) -- The promised land -- El Camino real -- The people of the horse -- Don Estevan -- The three hundred -- Part 2: Ravenous democracy (1828-1834) -- Love and war -- To defend the revolution -- What will become of Texas? -- A conspiracy of volunteers -- The general is friendly -- Part 3: Blood on the sand (1835-1836) -- The sword is drawn -- Lexington on the Guadalupe -- Behind Ben Milam -- The army of operations -- Victory or ... -- At discretion -- Runaway -- A people in arms -- Part 4: Lone Star and Union (1836-1865) -- Victors and vanquished -- Slavery and freedom -- Andrew Jackson dies happy -- The trial of Sam Houston.
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| Abstract
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Traces Texas's precarious historical journey to statehood, covering such events as its early colonization, the battle at the Alamo, its Native American and Mexican heritage, and its early days as a new republic.
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Vrijheidsoorlogen.
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Texas, History, 1846-1950.
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Texas, History, Revolution, 1835-1836.
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Texas, History, To 1846.
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Texas, History, To 1846.
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Texas, History, 1846-1950.
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Texas, History, Revolution, 1835-1836.
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Texas, History, To 1846.
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Texas, Unabhängigkeitskrieg.
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Texas.
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| Dewey Classification
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976.4/03
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F390.B833 2004
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15.85bcl
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