The Life of Stephen F. Austin, Founder of Texas, 1793–1836
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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

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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

  1. Cover 
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Preface: Second Edition
  6. Contents 
  7. I: In the Current of the Westward Movement
  8. II: On the Missouri and Arkansas Frontier
  9. III: The Inauguration of Texan Colonization
  10. IV: Austin in Mexico
  11. V: The Establishment of the First Colony
  12. VI: The Extension of Anglo-American Colonization
  13. VII: The Fredonian Rebellion
  14. VIII: The Struggle for Stabilizing Laws
  15. IX: Austin and His Work as Seen by Himself
  16. X: The Law of April 6, 1830
  17. XI: The Robertson Colony Controversy
  18. XII: Popular Disturbances of 1832
  19. XIII: The Conventions of 1832 and 1833
  20. XIV: The Mission to Mexico: Arrest and Imprisonment
  21. XV: Texas During Austin’s Absence
  22. XVI: Austin Again at the Helm: Beginning of the Revolution
  23. XVII: The Independence of Texas: The End of the Voyage
  24. XVIII: Epilogue: Significance and Personality
  25. XIX: Bibliography
  26. Index