Sam Houston, the Great Designer

Llerena B. Friend (1903–1995) was a historian and teacher.

• Foreword Acknowledgments The Tennessee Background The Indian Interlude Opportunist in Texas General Houston Houston’s Republic More Coy than Forward: Diplomacy of Annexation Senator Houston of Texas Alone in the Senate Aspirations to the Presidency For Love of the Union Bibliography Index

Rarely does a book appear concerning a period so remote that should correct so much current error. (New York Times) Finally, let it be emphasized that Sam Houston-the national statesman, the skilled politician, the ever-so-human and many-sided man-walks and talks, man-like, in this biography. (American Historical Review) This biography, the most nearly definitive that has yet appeared, suggests that Sam Houston must be numbered with the great. (Southwestern Historical Quarterly)