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Title
  • Edward Burleson : Texas frontier leader / John H. Jenkins and Kenneth Kesselus.
Author
Jenkins, John Holmes
Publication
Austin, Tex. : Jenkins Pub. Co., 1990.

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Additional Authors
Kesselus, Kenneth
Description
xxiii, 448 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
The life of Edward Burleson and all of his accomplishments that influenced Texas history.
Subject
  • 1835-1846
  • Burleson, Edward, 1798-1851
  • Generals > Texas > Biography
  • Statesmen > Texas > Biography
  • Texas > History > Republic, 1836-1846
  • Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-430) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Formative years -- Gone to Texas -- The revolution begins -- The siege of Bexar -- The San Jacinto Campaign -- Back to the frontier -- A new army and a new capital -- Cherokee removal -- Collision of cultures -- Comanche invasion -- The election of 1841 -- Year of frustrations -- Campaign for the presidency -- Later years -- Praise and tributes -- Appendix : The Thermopylae quotation -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
0836301741 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^^91126418^
OCLC
22903233
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library