I've spent more than a few years dabbling in Texas history--and at the end of this book, I realized I had learned so much. There just aren't that many books about the Republic years--and how incredibly chaotic they were. It's hard to think of Austin as the frontier, and yet it was.
Sam Houston doesn't come off as a saint here, which was also rather refreshing. Highly recommended--and it made for some really great conversations at the DHV book club.