Sam Houston In the Name of Texas 1809-1834
Chronicles of the Scattering, Vol. II
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My life with the Cherokee shaped who I was to become and who I fully believed I was. The time I spent with the People of the Nations- the Cherokee, along with my political and military experience, came together to shape Sam Houston. However, this happened after years of struggling to determine the real, yet hidden person behind the façade of soldier, lawyer and statesman. Nevertheless, the combination of these vastly different experiences formed a human being, who could see both sides to an issue regardless of its eventual outcome. My one guiding principle was to make a stand and be heard over the clamor of the dissension around me or the empty rhetoric of those, who sold life and property indiscriminately. The Cherokee saw in me someone who could keep his word; and even more important they saw truthfulness and honor in my heart
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It was people like Stephen Austin, Sam Houston and Juan Seguin and the defenders of the Alamo, who not only felt the power of the Land, but they became the life that was born from that power. Their stories are the Life of Texas.
About the Author
R. G. Brighton, M.A., M. Div., Ph. D. is a retired Philadelphia, Pa. Police Officer. He served in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam and in the U. S. M. C. Reserve after returning home from overseas. Since his retirement, he worked in the security industry and as a Texas substitute teacher focusing on Social Studies grades 8-12, Texas history and religious literature. Currently, he resides in Michigan and he returns to the shrine of the Alamo, as often as possible.