01466cam a2200253 4500 91618228 TxAuBib 20110101120000.0 ||||||t20052004||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781400030705 1400030706 (OCoLC)58733587 TxAuBib Brands, H W. Lone star nation : the epic story of the battle for Texas independence / H W Brands. New York : Anchor Books, 2005. ©2004. 582 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm. Part 1: The banks of the Brazos (to 1828) -- The promised land -- El Camino real -- The people of the horse -- Don Estevan -- The three hundred -- Part 2: Ravenous democracy (1828-1834) -- Love and war -- To defend the revolution -- What will become of Texas? -- A conspiracy of volunteers -- The general is friendly -- Part 3: Blood on the sand (1835-1836) -- The sword is drawn -- Lexington on the Guadalupe -- Behind Ben Milam -- The army of operations -- Victory or ... -- At discretion -- Runaway -- A people in arms -- Part 4: Lone Star and Union (1836-1865) -- Victors and vanquished -- Slavery and freedom -- Andrew Jackson dies happy -- The trial of Sam Houston. 20110101. Texas- History- Revolution 1835-1836. Texas- History- To 1846. TXTLL