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"Sam Houston was one of the most remarkable figures in American history. He was a native of Virginia who as a soldier, stateman, and adventurer made his mark on the frontier in Tennessee and the Arkansas Territory and then went on to dominate the early history of Texas. Now, drawing on newly accessible archival material, in particular the more than five thousand letters and documents in the Andrew Jackson Houston Collection of the Texas State Archives, historian Marshall De Bruhl vividly re-creates the career of this larger-than-life hero. In a narrative brimming with fascinating details, De Bruhl captures Houston in all his complexity.
A frontiersman who lived among the Cherokee Indians for many years - he was the adopted son of Chief Ooleteka and a full citizen of the Cherokee Nation - Houston became a passionate defender of Indian rights.
As a soldier, Sam Houston served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 - and ensured Texas independence in 1836 with his atonishing victory over Santa Anna and the Mexican army at San Jacinto. As a politician, Houston was a Tennessee congressman at age thirty and then governor at age thirty-six. He then went on to be the first elected president of the Republic of Texas and one of the first senators from the new state. Because of his ardent defense of the Union and his refusal to swear allegiance to the Confederacy, he was deposed as governor of Texas in 1861.
Houston's personal life was as tumultous as his political and military careers. He married three times, always to much younger women. The first marriage, to an eighteen-year-old, ended mysteriously when she left him only eleven weeks later, whereupon he resigned the governership of Tennessee and fled to the west and exile among his old Cherokee friends. It was there he married Tiana, the beautiful niece of Chief Ooleteka. Years later, at age forty-six, he married a woman of twenty, who bore eight children during their devoted and happy marriage. Although Houston died ignored and vilified by those whose independence who had ensured, the eclipse of his reputation was brief. His fellow Texans soon acknowledged his central place in their history, and he is revered today as the father of Texas and [as] its greatest hero."
- Sales Rank: #1507594 in Books
- Published on: 1993-02-16
- Released on: 1993-02-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.50" h x 6.50" w x 1.50" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 446 pages
From Publishers Weekly
Timed to appear on the 200th birthday of Sam Houston (1793-1863), this finely researched biography adopts a more descriptive approach to the "father of Texas" than does John Hoyt Williams's Sam Houston (Nonfiction Forecasts, Nov. 30). Where Williams vigorously finds controversies and contradictions in Houston's personal and political conduct, De Bruhl tends to deflate or minimize them, from the frequently sensationalized failure of his brief first marriage (the author speculates simply that Houston's bride was repulsed by his war wounds) to his command of the pivotal battle of San Jacinto. De Bruhl, an editor of the Dictionary of American Biography , evokes his subject's personality, both his pitifulness in his mid-career self-exile and his flashes of humor--when a friend pressed him to reveal the reason for his failed marriage, Houston asked if he could keep a secret; the friend answered, "Of course I can" and Houston replied, "So can I." Well-chosen details set the atmosphere surrounding Houston's ascent as the first president of Texas, eventually its senator and, in a futile bid to preserve the Union, its governor. Illustrations not seen by PW. Author tour.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
March 2, 1993 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sam Houston, and this is the second major biography to celebrate that occasion, after John Hoyt Williams's Sam Houston: A Biography of the Father of Texas ( LJ 1/93). Both biographies cover the same ground with the same emphases, but while De Bruhl does not provide quite as much detail, he shows more of Houston's skill as an orator. Although there are no notes, De Bruhl, like Williams, has thoroughly examined the available sources, including a recent find of Houston letters, and has produced a well-written narrative that enables the reader to come to grips with the complex personality of Houston. De Bruhl views his subject favorably but does not hide Houston's faults in presenting a portrait of the whole man. Of the two biographies, academic libraries will prefer Williams's scholarly approach while public and school libraries should first look to De Bruhl's well-written and lively account; specialized collections will need both. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/92.
- Stephen H. Peters, Northern Michigan Univ. Lib., Marquette
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Close on the heels of John Hoyt Williams's Sam Houston (1992), freelance historian De Bruhl's biography of the colorful Texas hero also commemorates the 200th anniversary of Houston's birth--but this is a lackluster, inferior chronicle. All of the historical details are present in De Bruhl's account, but the overall sense of the man behind the legend is incomplete. Houston's Virginia origins and early adult years as a battle-scarred Indian fighter and Tennessee politician are dutifully recorded, as is the marital crisis that sent his political career into a tailspin, driving him westward in 1830 to live in drunken despair with his Cherokee friends. Seeing a golden opportunity to start fresh in the influx of American settlers into the Mexican territory soon to become Texas, Houston thrived on the heady expansionist sentiments filling the air, taking charge as the commander of a volunteer army when friction between the newcomers and Mexico turned to war. Successful in a decisive engagement against Santa Anna's army, Houston quickly became the preeminent statesman of the fledgling Republic of Texas, but his staunch pro- Union position after statehood was achieved left him increasingly isolated and eventually cost him his Senate seat, derailed his presidential aspirations, and caused his precipitous removal as governor when he refused to support secession. Houston died in disgrace in 1863. Substantive but uninspired, and marred by editorializing (a woman protecting her property from appropriation by Houston during the war with Mexico is labeled ``an unpatriotic virago''). (Sixteen pages of b&w illustrations--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Story of a Plain Man who inspite of Setbacks Rises Again
By Daniel Hurley
From a hero from Horseshoe Bend fighting against the Creeks, Houston emerges as a disciple of "Old Hickory" eventually becoming the governor of Tennessee. Although successful, during a run at re-election, the battle scared Houston marries a much younger and indulgent woman who from the honeymoon night on rejects Houston, which captures wide spread press and ruins his political career causing him to amazingly exile himself amongst the Cherokee. With bouts of alcohol, remarriage and political representation of the Cherokee, Houston is seemingly rescued by Jackson and motivated to immigrate to Texas. The author gives a very good representation of a successful man who shows great promise particularly his ability to communicate with the common folk yet he has serious personal liabilities. Houston becomes active in Texas politics but the fascinating story of Houston is his command of Texas forces fighting Santa Anna. Houston orders Travis and Bowie to abandon the Alamo due to Santa Anna's large army and heavy cannon preferring to fight with mobility in the field. They refuse and become famous but suffer complete loss. However, Houston's tactics prove effective as he attains victory over Anna. Again active in politics, Houston stubbornly refuses to support secession while governor and is a pariah among his fellow Texans. Interesting story of a humble man who lived in such plain dwellings with dog runs in Texas. Very much a worthwhile read.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
This is Houston and Texas at it's best, a good book.
By Wiggins@netdot.com
I could not put this book down! I like ol' Sam Houston. Being a member of the Masonic Order as was Houston and knowing that Sam Houston was a big factor in the forming of the Grand Lodge of Texas, I wish Mr. DeBruhl had visitied the Republic of Texas Room in the Grand Lodge of Texas Museum in Waco, Texas. I live in Nacogdoches, Texas and work only a few steps from were Sam Houston lived and across the street from were the Old Stone Fort once was. You can look East and see the house were Anna Raguet lived. Across the street was the office of Thomas J. Rusk. This book came real close to home for me, I liked it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Outstanding and moving biography of a great Texan and American patriot
By Thomas A. Fenton
Marshall De Bruhl has produced one of the best biographies I have read. Beginning with his grandfather John Houston's arrival in America, De Bruhl lays the foundation for why General Sam Houston was who he was and became who he became, to use the authors own words, "...an authentic American hero. Wounded in the War of 1812 and the Texas revolution. Congressman. Governor of two states, Tennessee and Texas. Ambassador from the Cherokee Nation. United States senator. Commander-in-chief of the Texan army. Twice president of the Republic of Texas."
Even this seems to be an understatement of the achievements of this fascinating and unusual patriot. To add from the 403 pages of biography that follows this statement on page xi of the authors note, one needs only to pick from over four decades of public service. Houston was, in fact repeatedly re-elected to lead Texas as both governor and president, including the term in which Texas seceded from the Union against his strong opposition; add to that, his strong leadership in congress opposing anything that would jeopardize the union. He strongly opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and openly warned that it would lead the nation into war. When Texas tried to secede as a republic not aligned with the Confederacy in 1861, and the Confederacy forcefully took over the state, he refused to pledge loyalty to the new "nation" and allowed himself to be removed from office by the replacement legislature. And, again, he warned that Civil War would follow, predicting that it would not be short, but would flood the land with the blood of young Texans.
Was Sam Houston a genuine hero as presented by De Bruhl? Absolutely. However, he was not presented as anything more than a hero with clay feet. The author makes no effort to smooth over or cover up Houston's flaws: his alcoholism, his sometimes radically spiteful verbal attacks on his opponents, and his marital problems. Yet, in this even handed biography, the author reveals his subject's humanity as well as his courage and determination to do what was right and moral. By the end of his life, Houston had abandoned alcohol, established a solid marriage that produced 8 children, and been baptized. He never conquered his tendency toward verbal personal attacks on his opponents, but neither did he ever cease to speak his mind and stand for what he believed was right, regardless of whether or not it was popular. I am, however, forced to admit that no matter how great he was and how much he did, knowing his personal problems and battle with alcoholism, I most likely would not have voted for him for any public office. And that would have been tragic. I cannot imagine what Texas & America would have become had he not been allowed to lead.
As a fellow Texan who grew up near the San Jacinto battlefield, I have always been aware of Sam Houston & his great contribution to Texas history. I have read several books about that history recently, but nothing I have read was as interesting, informative and helpful in understanding all that Houston did for both Texas and America as is De Bruhl's work. I would consider this book to be a masterpiece of biographical information. Houston was far more involved in American events during his lifetime than any other history book has led me to realize. Therefore, I am immensely grateful to De Bruhl for his presentation, and highly recommend it for anyone wanting to know more about America, Texas, and this great man.
Five stars because I cannot give it more.
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