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Taming Texas: Captain William T. Sadler's Lone Star Service is a fascinating history of Texas as revealed through the biography of William Turner Sadler (1797-1884). Sadler was one of the leading pioneers of 19th century Texas and participated in most of the major events of the period. He migrated to Texas from Georgia in 1835 to become a farmer. He soon found himself in command of the ranger company that built Fort Houston, served as a private in the battle of San Jacinto, was active in quelling the Cordova Rebellion, and became a leader in the campaign against Chief Bowles and the Cherokees. Eventually Sadler served as a representative in both the Republic Congress and the Texas state legislature. During the Civil War, at the age of 66, he served in Terrell's Texas Cavalry. Highly recommended reading, Taming Texas is informative, engaging, offers a unique perspective on Texas history, and is enhanced with photographs, roster lists, and line-drawn illustrations.

I have enjoyed this book. It is primarily about Mr. Sadler, We purchased land in Texas about 5 years ago and
have a cemetary on the land for Mr. Sadler. We suddenly had a lot of people wanting to go into the woods to
look at this cemetary and found out it was because of the book. I found out about the book and wanted a copy
and could not find it locally. I ordered from Amazon and got the book in 3 days. A book store offered to
order it for me and the price was $15.00 more and said it would take 2-3 weeks to get it. Thanks for your
help.
J.F.Allen