The Life of Sam Houston
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The Life of Sam Houston

(The Only Authentic Memoir of Him Ever Published)

  1. 313 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Life of Sam Houston

(The Only Authentic Memoir of Him Ever Published)

About this book

A resetting of the author's Sam Houston and his republic, with some omissions and the addition of six chapters for campaigning purposes. -- Cf. Bruce, H. The life of General Houston.
Lester was born in Griswold, Connecticut, a descendant of Jonathan Edwards. He was of a roving disposition and traveled widely in the United States and Europe. He was admitted to the bar in Mississippi and later was ordained a minister in the Presbyterian church. In 1840, he addressed antislavery meetings in Massachusetts and was elected a delegate to the London antislavery conference of that year. He did not return to the United States after the close of the conference but remained in England. His, The Glory and Shame of England, published in New York in 1841, criticized England's antislavery professions. In 1842, President Tyler appointed Lester United States Consul at Genoa. He wrote: The Life of Vespucius (1845; new edition, 1905) The Artist, The Merchant, and the Statesman of the age of the Medici and of Our own Times (two volumes, 1845) My Consulship (two volumes, 1851) The Napoleon Dynasty (1852) The Life of Sam Houston (1855) Passages from the History of the United States (1866) America's Advancement, or the Progress of the United States during their First Century (1878) The Mexican Republic (1878) a Life of Charles Sumner (1874)-Print ed.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. SECTION FIRST. - A REPUBLIC IN THE FORESTS.
  4. SECTION SECOND. - ANCESTRY AND YOUTH.
  5. SECTION THIRD. - THE SOLDIER.
  6. SECTION FOURTH. - THE CIVILIAN.
  7. SECTION FIFTH. - THE EXILE.
  8. SECTION SIXTH. - TEXAS-THE NEW FIELD.
  9. SECTION SEVENTH. - THE GENERAL.
  10. SECTION EIGHTH. - THE HERO OF SAN JACINTO.
  11. SECTION NINTH. - THE VICTOR AND THE CAPTIVE.
  12. SECTION TENTH. - THE PRESIDENT.
  13. SECTION ELEVENTH. - THE LEGISLATOR.
  14. SECTION TWELFTH. - AGAIN PRESIDENT.
  15. SECTION THIRTEENTH. - ANNEXATION-FRENCH, BRITISH, AND AMERICAN CABINETS.
  16. SECTION FOURTEENTH. - RETIREMENT HOUSTON’S CHARACTER.
  17. SECTION FIFTEENTH. - HOUSTON IN THE NATIONAL SENATE.
  18. SECTION SIXTEENTH. - HOUSTON’S STATESMANSHIP.
  19. SECTION SEVENTEENTH. - HOUSTON AND THE INDIANS.
  20. SECTION EIGHTEENTH.
  21. SECTION NINETEENTH. - THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.
  22. SECTION TWENTIETH.
  23. SECTION TWENTY-FIRST. - HOUSTON’S EDUCATION AND ELOQUENCE.
  24. SECTION TWENTY-TWO. - HOUSTON AT HOME.