Epic hero, valiant general, intellectual fond of quoting Homer and Virgil, self-styled messiah, opium drinker, alcoholic, exotic dresser--Sam Houston was all of these. This rousing novel by the author of Duel of Eagles re-creates the drama of Houston's most famous battle, the Battle of San Jacinto, when fate handed him Santa Anna, vanquisher of the Alamo. Maps.
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Epic hero, valiant general, intellectual fond of quoting Homer and Virgil, self-styled messiah, opium drinker, alcoholic, exotic dresser--Sam Houston was all of these. This rousing novel by the author of Duel of Eagles re-creates the drama of Houston's most famous battle, the Battle of San Jacinto, when fate handed him Santa Anna, vanquisher of the Alamo. Maps.