
The Life of Stephen F. Austin, Founder of Texas, 1793–1836
A Chapter in the Westward Movement of the Anglo-American People
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The Life of Stephen F. Austin, Founder of Texas, 1793–1836
A Chapter in the Westward Movement of the Anglo-American People
About this book
The definitive biography of the legendary Empresario who colonized Texas for the Mexican government before leading the Texas Revolution. First published in 1925, The Life of Stephen F. Austin remains one of the finest works of Texas biography. An historian at the University of Texas, Eugene C. Barker spent nearly twenty-five years researching and writing this magisterial narrative, combining impeccable academic standards with engaging and lively prose. The son of Moses Austin, who received an empresario grant from Spain to settle Texas, Stephen took the mantle and began settling the region for the newly independent state of Mexico. He sold parcels of land to families of Anglo-Americans who later became known as the Old Three Hundred. When this growing Anglo community rebelled against the Mexican government, Austin led volunteer forces to victory at the Siege of Bexar and later served as Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas under President Houston.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- Preface: Second Edition
- Contents
- I: In the Current of the Westward Movement
- II: On the Missouri and Arkansas Frontier
- III: The Inauguration of Texan Colonization
- IV: Austin in Mexico
- V: The Establishment of the First Colony
- VI: The Extension of Anglo-American Colonization
- VII: The Fredonian Rebellion
- VIII: The Struggle for Stabilizing Laws
- IX: Austin and His Work as Seen by Himself
- X: The Law of April 6, 1830
- XI: The Robertson Colony Controversy
- XII: Popular Disturbances of 1832
- XIII: The Conventions of 1832 and 1833
- XIV: The Mission to Mexico: Arrest and Imprisonment
- XV: Texas During Austin’s Absence
- XVI: Austin Again at the Helm: Beginning of the Revolution
- XVII: The Independence of Texas: The End of the Voyage
- XVIII: Epilogue: Significance and Personality
- XIX: Bibliography
- Index