{"product_id":"9781880510698","title":"Taming Texas","description":"The history of Texas is usually told in terms of its \"giants\" such as Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Here, instead, is a history of Texas told by one of its lesser giants, William Turner Sadler (1797-1884), whose biography becomes the framework for an exciting view of Texas History.\u003cp\u003eSadler, one of the leading pioneers of nineteenth-century Texas, participated in most of the major events of the period. He migrated to Texas from Georgia in 1835 to become a farmer. He soon found himself in command of a ranger company that built Fort Houston, served as a private in the battle of San Jacinto, was active in quelling the Cordova Rebellion, and became a leader in the campaign against Chief Bowles and the Cherokees. Eventually her served as a representative in both the Republic Congress and the state legislature. During the Civil War, at the age of sixty-six, Sadler served in Terrell's Texas Cavalry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen L. Moore, a sixth generation Texan, graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, where he studied journalism and advertising. He has been an accounting manager for a Houston-based firm which serves the retail advertising industry.\u003cbr\u003e Moore's interest in military history and efforts in writing continue to combine as a part-time hobby. He previously combined with William J. Shinneman and Robert W. Gruebel to write The Buzzard Brigade: Torpedo Squadron Ten at War (Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company).\u003cbr\u003e Steve, his wife Cindy, and their two daughters currently make their home in the Dallas area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State House\/McWhiney Foundation Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051423023344,"sku":"9781880510698","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781880510698_p0.jpg?v=1769895049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781880510698","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}