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Taming Texas

其他書名	Captain William T. Sadler's Lone Star Service
出版	State House Press, 2000
主題	Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / MilitaryBiography & Autobiography / PoliticalBiography & Autobiography / Adventurers & ExplorersHistory / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
ISBN	18805106859781880510681
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NAIEAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The history of Texas is usually told in terms of its "giants" such as Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Here, instead, is a history of Texas told by one of its lesser giants, William Turner Sadler (1797-1884), whose biography becomes the framework for an exciting view of Texas History.

Sadler, one of the leading pioneers of nineteenth-century Texas, 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 a 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 he served as a representative in both the Republic Congress and the state legislature. During the Civil War, at the age of sixty-six, Sadler served in Terrell's Texas Cavalry.