This book is unique among the histories of the Texas Republic: it is the first to examine the fledgling nation from the point of view of its dynamic political l

Does Texas’s experience as a republic make it unique among the other states? In many ways, Texas was an “accidental republic” for nearly ten years, until

"Traces the efforts the Texans made to build the Republic into a nation of importance. The chief underlying forces which shaped the relations of Texas with the

This book is unique among the histories of the Texas Republic: it is the first to examine the fledgling nation from the point of view of its dynamic political l