LEADER 03924nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910956875103321 005 20251117065138.0 010 $a1-60344-506-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079011 035 $a(OCoLC)607108481 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10447176 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000531068 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345858 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531068 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10570107 035 $a(PQKB)10812256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037861 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1217 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037861 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10447176 035 $a(BIP)35540328 035 $a(BIP)13481839 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079011 100 $a20060502d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe secret war for Texas /$fStuart Reid 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 1 $aElma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;$vno. 28 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-58544-565-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGone to Texas -- Revolution -- Bexar -- Contending chieftains -- High noon at Goliad -- Rio Grande -- "Go in and die with the boys" -- From sea to shining sea -- Postscript -- Grant's men. 330 $aCould the British have stopped Manifest Destiny in its tracks in 1836? A Scottish doctor named James Grant was the agent who tried to make it happen, and Texas was the stage on which the secret battle was fought. On the eve of the Texas uprising, only two things stood in the way of American ambitions to reach the Pacific Ocean: the British claim to the Oregon country and the vast but sparsely populated Mexican province of Texas. Britain was therefore almost as concerned with the outcome of the Texians' war as Mexico was. At a crucial point when Texians had to decide whether to seek rights within the Federal Republic of Mexico or to secede and ally with the United States, James Grant led a band of followers toward Mexico, with the intent of forming a state within that nation. His efforts met enduring accusations that he fatally weakened the Alamo by stripping it of men, ammunition, and medical supplies. When Grant was killed on the ill-fated Matamoros expedition, British hopes of blocking the upstart Americans died, too. Yet, despite his important role, Grant remains a shadowy and often sinister figure routinely condemned by historians and frequently dismissed out of hand as merely an unscrupulous land speculator. Drawing heavily on British sources, Reid tells the forgotten story of Dr. James Grant and the twelve-year-long secret war for Texas, from his involvement in the "silly quixotic" Fredonian Rebellion to the bloody battles along the Atascosita Road. The international scope of the story makes this far more than just another tale of the Texas Revolution. 410 0$aElma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;$vno. 28. 606 $aSoldiers$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aScots$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aLandowners$zTexas$vBiography 607 $aTexas$xHistory$yRevolution, 1835-1836 607 $aTexas$xHistory$yRevolution, 1835-1836$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1815-1861 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aScots 615 0$aLandowners 676 $a976.4/03 700 $aReid$b Stuart$f1954-$01140537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956875103321 996 $aThe secret war for Texas$94478337 997 $aUNINA