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The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Texan Star, by Joseph A. Altsheler
Title: The Texan Star
The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
Release Date: May 18, 2005 [eBook #15852]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE TEXAN STAR
THE STORY OF A GREAT FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
BY
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
THE QUEST OF THE FOUR, THE BORDER WATCH,
THE SCOUTS OF THE VALLEY, ETC.
NEW YORK
PREFACE
"The Texan Star," while a complete story in itself, is the first of three, projected by the author, and based upon the Texan struggle for liberty against the power of Mexico. This revolution, epic in its nature, and crowded with heroism and great events, divides itself naturally into three parts.
The first phase begins in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Austin, the Texan leader, the rise of Santa Anna and his attempt, through bad faith, to disarm the Texans and leave them powerless before the Indians. It culminates in the rebellion of the Texans, and their capture, in the face of great odds, of San Antonio, the seat of the Mexican power in the north.
The second phase is the coming of Santa Anna with an overwhelming force, the fall of the Alamo, the massacre of Goliad and the dark days of Texas. Yet the period of gloom is relieved by the last stand of Crockett, Bowie, and their famous comrades.
The third phase is the coming of light in the darkness, Houston's crowning victory at San Jacinto, and the complete victory of the Texans.
The story of the Texan fight for freedom has always appealed to the author, as one of the most remarkable of modern times.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | THE PRISONERS | 1 |
| II | A HAIR-CUT | 16 |
| III | SANCTUARY | 31 |
| IV | THE PALM | 48 |
| V | IN THE PYRAMID | 62 |
| VI | THE MARCH WITH COS | 73 |
| VII | THE DUNGEON UNDER THE SEA | 91 |
| VIII | THE BLACK JAGUAR | 114 |
| IX | THE RUINED TEMPLES | 130 |
| X | CACTUS AND MEXICANS | 145 |
| XI | THE LONG CHASE | 164 |
| XII | THE TRIAL OF PATIENCE | 182 |
| XIII | THE TEXANS | 198 |
| XIV | THE RING TAILED PANTHER | 212 |
| XV | THE FIRST GUN | 228 |
| XVI | THE COMING OF URREA | 247 |
| XVII | THE OLD CONVENT | 269 |
| XVIII | IN SAN ANTONIO | 285 |
| XIX | THE BATTLE BY THE RIVER | public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@15852@[email protected]#Page_301" |