Length11h 10m
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Excerpt: "Sam Houston should justly be regarded as a great American. He laid his course and steered by it utterly regardless of the opposition. Strong characters are known as much by the enemies that they make as by the friends that they retain. When they launch into a course that they deem is right, they do not depend upon fair winds. They go ahead, if they have real faith. Threats, ridicule and dangers do not daunt them. Sometimes they may pause, to renew their courage; but they proceed again on the same line Such a character was Sam Houston. To his friends he was loyal; to his enemies he was unyielding; his ideals were high; and he loved his country. Whatever he undertook, he undertook with his whole might, in spite of censure and discouragements. This book deals with him chiefly as the six-months' general who, out of seeming defeat, achieved the triumph of Texas arms, and at one stroke established Texas independence. But we ought to admire him as a patriot statesman, rather than as a military commander. Some other commander could have won the victory for Texas. Freedom, well or poorly led, cannot be conquered by oppression. Justice cannot be combatted, forever, by injustice. But few other men have had Sam Houston's rugged courage."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Fantasy
Length11 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 30, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
2THE RISE OF TEXAS
3SAM HOUSTON THE BUILDER OF TEXAS
4I “I AM SAM HOUSTON”
5II ON THE ROAD TO TEXAS
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6III SANTA ANNA PROVES FALSE
7IV “WE MUST DEFEND OUR RIGHTS”
8V ERNEST CARRIES THE ALARM
9VI GONZALES KEEPS ITS SIX-POUNDER
10VII THE MUSTERING OF THE TROOPS
11VIII THE MARCH ON SAN ANTONIO
12IX WITH JIM BOWIE AT THE HORSESHOE
13X AN APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES
14XI SAM HOUSTON COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
15XII HOUSE TO HOUSE IN OLD BEJAR
16XIII GENERAL HOUSTON DESPAIRS
17XIV INDEPENDENCE IS DECLARED
18XV THE SIGNAL GUNS OF THE ALAMO
19XVI MESSENGERS OF DISTRESS
20XVII RETREAT, AND EVER RETREAT
21XVIII TO FACE THE ENEMY AT LAST
22XIX FINDING SANTA ANNA
23XX “WILL YOU COME TO THE BOWER?”
24XXI THE NAPOLEON OF THE WEST SURRENDERS
25XXII PRESIDENT HOUSTON RESIGNS HIS SWORD
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