Lone Star Nation by H.W. Brands | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Lone Star Nation Author: H.W. Brands Narrator: Chuck Montgomery Format: Abridged Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 02-12-04 Publisher: Random House Audio Genres: History, American Summary: H. W. Brands tells the turbulent story of Texas through the eyes of a colorful cast of characters who have become a permanent fixture in the American landscape: Stephen Austin, the state's reluctant founder; Sam Houston, the alcoholic former governor who came to lead the Texas army in its hour of crisis and glory; William Travis, James Bowie, and David Crockett, the unforgettable heroic defenders of the doomed Alamo; Santa Anna, the Mexican generalissimo and dictator whose ruthless tactics galvanized the colonists against him; and the white-haired President Andrew Jackson, whose expansionist aspirations loomed large in the background. Beyond these luminaries, Brands unearths the untold stories of the forgotten Texans, the slaves, women, unknown settlers, and children left out of traditional histories, who played crucial roles in Texas's birth. By turns bloody and heroic, tragic and triumphant, this riveting history of one of our greatest states reads like the most compelling fiction, and further secures H. W. Brands' position as one of the premier American historians. Contact: [email protected]

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