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Informationen zum Autor Herbert Gambrell (1898–1982) was a professor of history at Southern Methodist University. Klappentext This is the story of a New Englander who came penniless to Mexican Texas in 1833 and within the next decade helped to bring his adopted country through the turbulent disorders of settlement, revolution, political experimentation, and statehood. Within a year of his arrival, Anson Jones was successfully practicing medicine, acquiring land, and resolving to avoid politics; but then the Revolution erupted and Jones became a private in the Texas Army, doubling as surgeon at San Jacinto. Military duty done, he resumed medical practice but some acts of the First Congress so irked him that he became a member of the Second and began a political career that lasted from 1837 to 1846 during which he served successively as congressman, minister to the United States, Texas senator, secretary of state, and president of the Republic of Texas. Anson Jones took his own life on January 9, 1858. Told with imagination and insight, Herbert Gambrell's account of the life of Anson Jones is also a colorful and concurrent biography of Texas and its people. Zusammenfassung This is the story of a New Englander who came penniless to Mexican Texas in 1833 and within the next decade helped to bring his adopted country through the turbulent disorders of settlement, revolution, political experimentation, and statehood. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Prologue I. Thirteenth Child II. Brotherly Love in Philadelphia III. Nadir IV. Mr. Austin’s Texas V. Five Thousand a Year VI. An Anxious Observer VII. 1836 VIII. Brazoria IX. A Mammoth Scheme X. The City of Houston XI. Mr. Jones of B. XII. Guide, Philosopher, Friend XIII. Annexation? XIV. The Thread XV. Jeannette XVI. Mr. Lamar’s Texas XVII. Like Certain Fevers XVIII. The City of Austin XIX. Some Courtly Language XX. Not by My Vote … XXI. Farewell to Politics XXII. Without Money, Without Credit … XXIII. Secretary of State XXIV. Mr. Houston’s Texas XXV. Washington-on-the-Brazos XXVI. Armistice XXVII. An Uncertain Die XXVIII. The Absorbing Question XXIX. Secret, Dark and Diligent XXX. Wary as Foxes XXXI. Interlude XXXII. The President XXXIII. Alternatives XXXIV. Mr. Jones’s Texas XXXV. Mission Accomplished Epilogue Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index ...
