The Secret War for Texas (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest) by Stuart Reid - 2007-01-05

TAMU Press, 2007-01-05. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardcover Cloth 235 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition 2007. Handsome blue boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few stains and wrinkles. HPB pricetag on cover of dust jacket. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
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

College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2012. First edition. Hardbound in fine condition in very good dust jacket.. x, 235 pages.

Texas A&M University Press. 2007. Hardcover. 1585445657 . First edition. Hard cover published by Texas A&M Univ. Press in 2007. Dark blue covers with silver lettering on spine. Corners of covers have slight wear. Top edge of pages has slight smudging. DJ has slight scuffing on back, and is in very good condition.; Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest; 9.40 X 6 X 1 inches; 248 pages .

Texas A & M University Press, College Station.. As New in As New dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. hardcover with dustjacket. 1585445657 . No names or markings. ; Standard Book Size.; 235 pages .

Hardback. New. 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. This work tells the forgotten story of Dr James Grant and the twelve-year-long secret war for Texas.

Texas A & M Univ Pr, 2007. Hardcover. New. 248 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Texas A&M University Press, 2007-01-05. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!