The Day of San Jacinto

The Day of San Jacinto
Author: Frank X. Tolbert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1969
Genre: San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836
ISBN:

Basing his book on extensive research and hitherto unpublished documents, the author, the well-known columnist for the Dallas Morning News, has unraveled the complicated story of San Jacinto. The result is an exciting and brilliantly sustained narrative.

Eighteen Minutes

Eighteen Minutes
Author: Stephen L. Moore
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781589070097

The book follows General Sam Houston as he takes command of the Texas Volunteers to lead them to victory six weeks after the fall of the Alamo.

The Battle of San Jacinto

The Battle of San Jacinto
Author: James W. Pohl
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 087611267X

Part of the inscription on the base of the San Jacinto Monument reads: "Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the world." James W. Pohl, a noted military historian, tells the exciting story of the pivotal battle of the Texas Revolution.

Baylor at Independence

Baylor at Independence
Author: Lois Smith Murray
Publisher: Big Bear Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre:
ISBN: 9781932792454

CONTENTS: Introduction; Pioneer Texas: School & Church; The Founding of Baylor University; The Locale of Baylor University; The Administration of Henry Lee Graves, 1847-1851; Young Burleson Comes to Baylor in 1851; Baylor Attains Stature; Growing Pains & Quarrels; The Disruptive Feud; The Administration of President George Washington Baines, July 1861-Summer 1862; President William Carey Crane's First Five Years; Land Grant Proposal & Two Baylors; Visionary Plans & Baylor Fortitude; President Crane's Last Years; Baylor's Denouement; Bibliography; Appendix; Index.

The Texas War of Independence 1835–36

The Texas War of Independence 1835–36
Author: Alan C Huffines
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1472810155

The Texas Revolution is remembered chiefly for the 13-day siege of the Alamo and its immortal heroes. This book describes the war and the preceding years that were marked by resentments and minor confrontations as the ambitions of Mexico's leaders clashed with the territorial determination of Texan settlers. When the war broke in October 1835, the invading Mexicans, under the leadership of the flamboyant President-General Santa Ana, fully expected to crush a ragged army of frontiersmen. Led by Sam Houston, the Texans rallied in defense of the new Lone Star state, defeated the Mexicans in a mere 18 minutes at the battle of San Jacinto and won their independence.

Sword of San Jacinto

Sword of San Jacinto
Author: Marshall De Bruhl
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Using new material, the author re-creates Houston as a frontiersman, soldier, and politician, plus his tumultuous personal life.

Sea of Mud

Sea of Mud
Author: Gregg J. Dimmick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN:

Two forgotten weeks in 1836 and one of the most consequential events of the entire Texas Revolution have been missing from the historical record - the tale of the Mexican army's misfortunes in the aptly named Sea of Mud, where more than 2,500 Mexican soldiers and 1,500 female camp followers foundered in the muddy fields of what is now Wharton County, Texas. In 1996 a pediatrician and avocational archeologist living in Wharton, Texas, decided to try to find evidence in Wharton County of the Mexican army of 1836. Following some preliminary research at the Wharton County Junior College Library, he focused his search on the area between the San Bernard and West Bernard rivers.Within two weeks after beginning the search for artifacts, a Mexican army site was discovered, and, with the help of the Houston Archeological Society, excavated.