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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

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

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Columbia University Libraries