We Never Retreat: Filibustering Expeditions Into Spanish Texas, 1812-1822

by Edward A. Bradley

The term "filibuster" often brings to mind a senator giving a long-winded speech in opposition to a bill, but the term had a different connotation in the nineteenth century--invasion of foreign lands by private military forces. Spanish Texas was a target of such invasions. Generally given short shrift in the studies of American-based filibustering, these expeditions were led by colorful men such as Augustus William Magee, Bernardo Guti rrez de Lara,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623492572
• ISBN13: 9781623492571
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"