JOURNAL OF THE TEXIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST MIER. by Green, Thomas - 1845

N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First edition. 487pp. Illus., map (Plan of Mier, the Texian Camp and Attack On the City 13.3 x25.5cm). Original green small 4to cloth Dobie p.55: "He lived in wrath and wrote with fire." Howes G371. Jones 1104. Raines, p. 98: "One of the best war histories of that period, and as fascinating as a romance, with incidents of soldier life on the march, in the battle, and in prison and drawings from life by Charles McLaughlin, a fellow prisoner. Bitter towards President Houston, but gives the reasons, and the reader must judge for himself." Library of Congress Texas Centennial Exhibition 123 using the plate "Escape from the Castle of Perote. Graff 1643: "he was particularly bitter toward Sam Houston and believed Houston was responsible for the deaths of those Americans shot as brigands." Jenkins Basic Texas Books 80 ;" The most important account of the tragic Texan expedition against Mier and the drawing of the black beans, this is also one of the most vitriolic Texas books. Streeter Texas 1581: "One of the dramatic episodes in Texas history." It is mentioned by Streeter in his introduction as one of the two well-known accounts of the expedition.