SOLITARY STAR A Biography of Sam Houston
by Donald Braider
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. A celebratory biography of Sam Houston, “potential squaw man, soldier in the War of 1812, impoverished school teacher, frontier lawyer, United States Congressman, [and] Governor of Texas... before he reached the age of forty.” His political career ruined by a marital scandal, the promising Houston retreated into alcoholism and abandoned civilization to live with the Indians before his fortune became linked to the “liberation” of the state of Texas. A good copy in slightly worn, chipped dust jacket, gilt lettering on spine bright but upside down, publisher’s press release laid in (344 pages, notes, selected bibliography, index).
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- Bookseller
- Chartwell Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38974
- Title
- SOLITARY STAR A Biography of Sam Houston
- Author
- Donald Braider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (with Dust Jacket)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam’s Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
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