HISTORY OF TEXAS FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1685 TO ITS ANNEXATION TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1846

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Two volumes. 482; 576pp., plus eleven lithographs including four portraits, view of the mission, facsimile of a letter, and five maps and plans (two folding). Modern half calf and marbled boards, leather label. Minor foxing, folding map in first volume neatly repaired on fold. Very good. The second printing, issued the year after the first. This is the first scholarly work on Texas after annexation. The author, a lawyer from Tennessee, came to Texas in 1845, befriended Sam Houston, and served in the Mexican-American War. "In spite of its detractors, Yoakum's history remains a necessary source. Modern historians rally to its support, with reservations. Gambrell said Yoakum managed to achieve 'a degree of objectivity unusual for the amateur historian, and literary style not often equalled by the professional'" - Jenkins. HOWES Y10, "aa." RADER 3773. RAINES, p.223. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 224. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM48984

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