The Raven: The Story of Sam Houston
by James, Marquis; Introduction by Henry Steele Commager
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/General wear to extremities; large chip with paper loss at bottom right corner of cover; small tear at top left of front cover.
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The Bobs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, Hardcover. Fine /General wear to extremities; large chip with paper loss at bottom right corner of cover; small tear at top left of front cover. Chipping with paper loss at top and botrtom of spine, small tear also at top; small tear at top of back cover.. "This is the stuff of which legend is made, this story of the making of Texas, and Houston is one with those semi-legendary characters - with Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, with Marion the Swamp Fox and Ethan Allen... In a sense he is too good to be true, this man who wrought such mighty deeds within the lifetime of our fathers and grandfathers; in a sense if he had not existed we should have had to create him." [Introduction by Henry Steele Commager] Illustrated. There is a protective mylar cover. Pulitzer Prize for Biography (for 'The Raven')
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- civilizingbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1409BIL
- Title
- The Raven: The Story of Sam Houston
- Author
- James, Marquis; Introduction by Henry Steele Commager
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- General wear to extremities; large chip with paper loss at bottom right corner of cover; small tear at top left of front cover.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bobs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN
- Date Published
- ?
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American, 20th century, journalist, author, biographies, Pulitzer Prize.
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