The Texas that might have been : Sam Houston's foes write to Albert Sidney Johnston /
The Texas that might have been : Sam Houston's foes write to Albert Sidney Johnston /
collected by Margaret Swett Henson ; edited and with an introduction by Donald E. Willett.
- first edition.
- College Station : Texas A and M University Press, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 280 pages) : illustrations.
- Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the South and Southwest ; no. 33 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The glorious excitement of uncertainty": the Lamar years, 1838-1841 -- "All that emanates from him is falsehood upon deceit": the Houston years, 1842-1845 -- "So let it be": statehood and secession, 1846-1861 -- Appendix: chronological list of the letters -- Notes to preface and introductions.
Although Sam Houston would eventually emerge as the dominant shaper of the developing Texas Republic?s destiny, many visions competed for preeminence. One of Houston?s sharpest critics, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, is the subject of this fascinating edition of letters from the period. Donald E. Willett offers new annotation and analysis to these letters from Johnston?s colleagues, friends, and supporters?first collected and edited by contrarian scholar Margaret Swett Henson, but never before published.--Amazon.com.
9781603443715
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 --Correspondence.
Electronic Books.
F390 / .T493 2009
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The glorious excitement of uncertainty": the Lamar years, 1838-1841 -- "All that emanates from him is falsehood upon deceit": the Houston years, 1842-1845 -- "So let it be": statehood and secession, 1846-1861 -- Appendix: chronological list of the letters -- Notes to preface and introductions.
Although Sam Houston would eventually emerge as the dominant shaper of the developing Texas Republic?s destiny, many visions competed for preeminence. One of Houston?s sharpest critics, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, is the subject of this fascinating edition of letters from the period. Donald E. Willett offers new annotation and analysis to these letters from Johnston?s colleagues, friends, and supporters?first collected and edited by contrarian scholar Margaret Swett Henson, but never before published.--Amazon.com.
9781603443715
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 --Correspondence.
Electronic Books.
F390 / .T493 2009