Stephen F. Austin (Paperback, New edition)

Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas," has long been enshrined in the public imagination as an authentic American hero, but one who was colorless and rather remote. This book, the first major biography in more than seventy years, brings Austin's private life, motives, personality, and character into sharp focus, revealing a driven man who successfully mixed effort and cunning, idealism and pragmatism to build an illustrious career. Gregg Cantrell traces Austin's early life from his privileged boyhood as the son of the Missouri mining baron Moses Austin to his family's humiliating financial downfall after the War of 1812. He tells how in 1821 Stephen Austin inherited his father's daring plan to colonize Spanish Texas. Over the next fifteen years Austin carried out this plan with dazzling success, becoming a consummate manager, exhorter, politician, and diplomat, and playing a central role in the events that led to the Texas Revolution and the establishment of the Lone Star Republic. Within a generation, as a result largely of forces that he helped set in motion, the United States completed its drive for mastery over the North American continent.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	August 2001
Authors:	Gregg Cantrell
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	510
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-09093-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-300-09093-5
Barcode:	9780300090932

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