{"product_id":"9780292789081","title":"Anson Jones: The Last President of Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A portrait which no one in Texas has surpassed in biography,\" said Walter Prescott Webb in the \u003ccite\u003eDallas News\u003c\/cite\u003e. \"The most artfully written biography that Texas has yet produced,\" wrote J. Frank Dobie in \u003ccite\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/cite\u003e. \"Gambrell writes with wisdom, a shrewd grasp of motives and a quiet but pervasive humor,\" commented the \u003ccite\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/cite\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are excerpts from reviews appearing after \u003ccite\u003eAnson Jones\u003c\/cite\u003e was first published in 1947. This new edition of the fascinating story of Texas and her last President contains full documentation and an enlarged bibliography. This is a perceptive and informative account of the man who came penniless to Texas in 1833 and within the next decade helped to bring his adopted country through the disorders of settlement, revolution, and early political experimentation to statehood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107764814064,"sku":"9780292789081","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780292789081_p0.jpg?v=1763682902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780292789081","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}