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Autore |
Gould Lewis L |
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Titolo |
Alexander Watkins Terrell [[electronic resource] ] : Civil War soldier, Texas lawmaker, American diplomat / / Lewis L. Gould |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-292-77904-6 |
0-292-79728-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Collana |
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Focus on American history series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Soldiers - Texas |
Legislators - Texas |
Diplomats - United States |
Texas History 1846-1950 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One From Missouri to Texas -- Chapter Two The District Judge -- Chapter Three Civil War, Mexico, and Reconstruction -- Chapter Four The Senator from Austin -- Chapter Five More Laws for Texas A -- Chapter Six The Foe of Railroads -- Chapter Seven At the Court of the Red Sultan -- Chapter Eight The Elder Statesman -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Alexander Terrell's career placed him at the center of some of the most pivotal events in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history, ranging from the Civil War to Emperor Maximilian's reign over Mexico and an Armenian genocide under the Ottoman Empire. Alexander Watkins Terrell at last provides the first complete biographical portrait of this complex figure. Born in Virginia in 1827, Terrell moved to Texas in 1852, rising to the rank of Confederate brigadier general when the Civil War erupted. Afterwards, he briefly served in Maximilian's army before returning to Texas, where he was elected to four terms in the state Senate and three terms in the House. President Grover Cleveland appointed him minister to the Ottoman Empire, dispatching him to Turkey and the Middle East for four years while the issues surrounding |
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