Could the British have stopped Manifest Destiny in its tracks in 1836?A Scottish doctor named James Grant was the agent who tried to make it happen, and Texas was the stage on which the secret battle was fought.On the eve of the Texas uprising, only two things stood in the way of American ambitions to reach the Pacific Ocean: the British claim to the Oregon country and the vast but sparsely populated Mexican province of Texas. Britain was therefore almost as concerned with the outcome of the Texians' war as Mexico was.At a… Read More
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- Title The Secret War for Texas
- Author Stuart Reid
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 235
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas A&M University Press, College Station
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781585445653 / 1585445657
- Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.49 x 6.25 x 0.96 in (24.10 x 15.88 x 2.44 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-South
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Foreign relations - Great, Great Britain - Foreign relations - United
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006014555
- Dewey Decimal Code 976.403
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