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Exiled: The Last Days of Sam Houston Hardcover – December 26, 2017

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After an undisputed record of political achievement—leading the decisive battle for Texas independence at San Jacinto, serving twice as president of the Republic of Texas, twice again as a United States senator after annexation, and finally as governor of Texas—Sam Houston found himself in the winter of his life in a self-imposed exile among the pines of East Texas.

Houston was often a bundle of complicated contradictions. He was a spirited advocate for public education but had little formal education himself. He was very much “a Jackson man” but disagreed with his mentor on the treatment of Native Americans. He was a slaveholder who opposed abolition but scuttled his own political reputation by resisting the South’s move toward secession.

After refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy in 1861, Houston was swiftly evicted from the governor’s office. “Let me tell you what is coming,” he later said from a window at the Tremont Hotel in Galveston. “After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it.” Houston died just two years later, and the nation was indeed fractured.

Ron Rozelle’s masterful biographical portrait here lingers on Houston’s final years, especially as lived out in Huntsville, when so much of his life’s work seemed on the verge of coming undone. Artfully written for the general reader, Exiled: The Last Days of Sam Houston is a compelling look at Sam Houston’s legacy and twilight years.

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“Ron Rozelle is a Texas treasure. What he writes is worth reading.” —Galveston County Daily News

― Galveston County Daily News

"a masterful job . . . the author reveals an emotional side of Houston that is often missing in other biographies" —Civil War News

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RON ROZELLE is the author of nine books, including the memoir Into that Good Night, a finalist for the PEN Prize, and was the recipient of the Robert A. Calvert Book Prize for My Boys and Girls are in There: The 1937 New London School Disaster. He lives in Lake Jackson, Texas.

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press (December 26, 2017)
Language: : English
Hardcover : 232 pages
ISBN-10 : 1623495865
ISBN-13 : 978-1623495862
Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
Dimensions : 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches

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This book brings Sam Houston to life. It is written in a fashion that makes it easy to understand and made me not want to put it down until the very last page.

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Reads like a novel and written by a friend. A good book.

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David in San Antonio

Great book by a wonderful author

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I know the author personally, and every book he's written is well worth the reading time. Historical information about Sam Houston (a Texas hero) made to come alive!

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in my opinion this ones the best.

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there are several books written about sam Houston ,in my opinion this ones the best.

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It is an easy read and the way the information is arranged it ...

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It is an easy read and the way the information is arranged it tells of a personal bond between Houston and his wife in the latter part of his life. Brian Gibson President The Alamo Society

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Great introduction to the life of Sam Houston

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The Last Days of Sam Houston by Ron Rozelle is an excellent introduction to the life of Sam Houston. Beginning in the Texas general’s final days, then flashing back to pivotal points along the way of the extraordinary man’s life, the author makes the reader’s understanding of the final years more meaningful and impactful. Rozelle builds on the excellent research of previous biographers as well as his own detailed research. He writes in a style that reads like a novel but with the authority of an expert in his field. The author is careful to note the points grounded in facts but makes the story come to life by filling in the gaps with detailed descriptions of history borne out of his research. Rozelle reminds the reader just why Sam Houston, the legendary Texan, is worthy of our attention today. Great book!

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