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In this biography, Randolph B. Campbell explores the life of Sam Houston and his important role in the development of the Southwest. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focus on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Randolph Campbell’s book is part of a series of short biographies; a quick read and well done. Much of the book is about Houston’s tenure as President of Texas, where he had to contend with numerous hawks who wanted to continue the war with Mexico; one of his characteristic solutions was to get one of the proponents of a filibustering expedition drunk, then furlough the Texas Army while he was sleeping it off. The only problematic history I find was the discussion of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850; Campbell implies that the Missouri Compromise was unilaterally rescinded and replaced by the Compromise of 1850 by the Democrats in Congress, while in fact it had become unconstitutional after the Supreme Court handed down the Dred Scott decision and the Missouri Compromise was an attempt to replace it. No illustrations other than a cover photograph of Houston; a map of east Texas as it was during the Texas War of Independence. No foot- or endnotes; bibliography and index seem sparse.
Houston, Texas is the largest city in North America named after a person; there could have been worse choices. ( )