Stephen F. Austin : Empresario of Texas

by Gregg Cantrell

• ISBN13: 9780300090932
• ISBN10: 0300090935
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-08-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

While Stephen F. Austin has long been revered as the "father of Texas", his image as an austere, bland organizer has denied him the passionate affection many Texans feel for this colorful "man of action". Cantrell has provided an interesting and better-rounded picture in the first full-length biography of Austin in more than 70 years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
A Note on Spelling, Punctuation, and Usage	xiii
Introduction	1	(14)
A Foundation for Greatness, 1793-1810	15	(28)
Successes and Failures, 1810-1818	43	(20)
New Beginnings, 1819-1820	63	(17)
Texas, 1820-1821	80	(24)
Mexico, 1821-1823	104	(28)
Empresario Estevan F. Austin, 1823-1825	132	(39)
Staying the Course, 1825-1827	171	(31)
Crises, Personal and Political, 1828-1830	202	(20)
We Will Be Happy, 1830-1831	222	(25)
The Call of Duty, 1832-1833	247	(20)
Prison, 1833-1834	267	(30)
War Is Our Only Resource, 1835	297	(32)
The Road to Independence, 1835-1836	329	(19)
Home, 1836	348	(17)
Epilogue. The Father of Texas: Stephen F. Austin in Retrospect	365	(16)
Appendix	381	(4)
Notes	385	(78)
An Essay on Sources	463	(16)
Index	479