  SAM HOUSTON THE BUILDER OF TEXAS IV "WE MUST DEFEND OUR RIGHTS" VI GONZALES KEEPS ITS SIX-POUNDER VII THE MUSTERING OF THE TROOPS IX WITH JIM BOWIE AT THE HORSESHOE X AN APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES XI SAM HOUSTON COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF XII HOUSE TO HOUSE IN OLD BEJAR XV THE SIGNAL GUNS OF THE ALAMO XVII RETREAT, AND EVER RETREAT XVIII TO FACE THE ENEMY AT LAST XX "WILL YOU COME TO THE BOWER?" XXI THE NAPOLEON OF THE WEST SURRENDERS XXII PRESIDENT HOUSTON RESIGNS HIS SWORD The American Trail Blazers “THE STORY GRIPS AND THE HISTORY STICKS” These books present in the form of vivid and fascinating fiction, the early and adventurous phases of American history. Each volume deals with the life and adventures of one of the great men who made that history, or with some one great event in which, perhaps, several heroic characters were involved. The stories, though based upon accurate historical fact, are rich in color, full of dramatic action, and appeal to the imagination of the red-blooded man or boy. Each volume illustrated in color and black and white.
WITH A BOY VOLUNTEER IN THE TEXAS STRUGGLES FOR INDEPENDENCE, WHEN IN THE YEARS 1835–1836 THE TEXAS COLONISTS THREW OFF THE UNJUST RULE OF MEXICO, AND BY HEROIC DEEDS ESTABLISHED, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE BLUFF SAM HOUSTON, THEIR OWN FREE REPUBLIC WHICH TO-DAY IS THE GREAT LONE STAR STATE BY AUTHOR OF “ON THE PLAINS WITH CUSTER,” “BUFFALO BILL WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY logo PHILADELPHIA & LONDON COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY SEVENTH IMPRESSION PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE AMERICAN SPIRIT OF FREEDOM AND ITS STARS in the American Flag When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air. She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. —Drake |
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