Taming Texas-P

by Stephen L. Moore

Book Overview

The history of Texas is usually told in terms of its "giants" such as Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Here, instead, is a history of Texas told by one of its lesser giants, William Turner Sadler (1797-1884), whose biography becomes the framework for an exciting view of Texas History.

Sadler, one of the leading pioneers of nineteenth-century Texas, participated in most of the major events of the period. He migrated to Texas from Georgia in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880510693
• ISBN13: 9781880510698
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"