02916nam 2200637 a 450 991095625150332120251116221905.01-299-05391-21-60344-371-1(CKB)2560000000051386(EBL)3037781(SSID)ssj0000457403(PQKBManifestationID)11316613(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457403(PQKBWorkID)10415145(PQKB)10144732(MiAaPQ)EBC3037781(OCoLC)680622537(MdBmJHUP)muse1253(Au-PeEL)EBL3037781(CaPaEBR)ebr10411795(CaONFJC)MIL436641(BIP)46432694(BIP)27197842(EXLCZ)99256000000005138620090501d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Texas that might have been Sam Houston's foes write to Albert Sidney Johnston /collected by Margaret Swett Henson ; edited and with an introduction by Donald E. Willett1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Pressc20091 online resource (313 p.)Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the South and Southwest ;no. 33Description based upon print version of record.1-60344-145-X Includes bibliographical references and index."The glorious excitement of uncertainty": the Lamar years, 1838-1841 -- "All that emanates from him is falsehood upon deceit": the Houston years, 1842-1845 -- "So let it be": statehood and secession, 1846-1861 -- Appendix: chronological list of the letters -- Notes to preface and introductions.Although Sam Houston would eventually emerge as the dominant shaper of the developing Texas Republic's destiny, many visions competed for preeminence. One of Houston's sharpest critics, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, is the subject of this fascinating edition of letters from the period. Donald E. Willett offers new annotation and analysis to these letters from Johnston's colleagues, friends, and supporters--first collected and edited by contrarian scholar Margaret Swett Henson, but never before published.Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;no. 33.TexasOfficials and employeesCorrespondenceTexasHistoryRepublic, 1836-1846TexasHistory1846-1950976.4/04Johnston Albert Sidney1803-1862.1865077Henson Margaret Swett1924-2001.1865078Willett Donald1865079MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956251503321The Texas that might have been4472100UNINA