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Peg Leg : the improbable life of a Texas hero, Thomas William Ward, 1807-1872

Title
Peg Leg : the improbable life of a Texas hero, Thomas William Ward, 1807-1872 / by David C. Humphrey.
Author
Humphrey, David C., 1937-
Publication
Denton : Texas State Historical Association, [2009], ©2009.

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Description
xi, 340 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm.
Series Statement
Watson Caulfield and Mary Maxwell Arnold Republic of Texas series ; no. 1
Uniform Title
Watson Caufield and Mary Maxwell Arnold Republic of Texas series ; no. 1.
Subject
  • Ward, Thomas William, 1807-1872
  • Texas. General Land Office > Officials and employees > Biography
  • Consuls > United States > Biography
  • Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836
  • Texas > History > Republic, 1836-1846
  • Texas > History > 1846-1950
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Peg Leg, 1807-1845 -- 1. From Dublin to New Orleans -- 2. The Storming of San Antonio -- 3. With Green's Brigade -- 4. Launching Houston -- 5. "Autocrat of the Land Office" -- 6. "Old Peg" and the Archive War -- 7. Recovery and Reform -- Pt. 2. Peg Leg and Susan, 1844-1874 -- 8. Susan -- 9. Downfall -- 10. A Time of Troubles -- 11. On the Isthmus -- 12. In Jeopardy -- 13. The Watermelon War and the Commodore -- 14. Reunion and Separation -- 15. Civil Wars -- 16. Final Years -- Retrospect.
ISBN
  • 9780876112373
  • 0876112378
LCCN
  • 2009009848
  • 40017010184
OCLC
  • ocn277201342
  • 277201342
  • SCSB-5484535
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries