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Jean Fritz Make Way for Sam Houston
New York, New York, U.S.A. Putnam Juvenile 1986 039921304X / 9780399213045 PAPERBACK Very Good Very Good
039921304X 039921304X Very nice copy, really closer to fine. Tight, unmarked, slight crease along bottom of front cover.
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Jean Fritz Make Way for Sam Houston
G.P. Putnam's Sons 1986 0399213031 / 9780399213038 Hardcover Very Good
0399213031 0399213031 VG/VG. Stamped with owner's name on ffep. Somewhat worn cover. From Publishers Weekly Fritz's wit, sensitivity and understanding of the young reader have won her numerous awards and honors. They have also granted her the ability to make history and historical figures come alive. Her new book chronicles the colorful life of Sam Houston from his boyhood in Virginia to his death in Huntsville, Texas. While this biography is not easy reading, and a knowledge of the Civil War is helpful in understanding Houston's story, Fritz tempers the complicated background material with amusing anecdotes, such as the time one of his children interrupted a senate session while Houston was the governor of Texas, by locking the senators in the meeting room. Fritz's thoroughly researched narrative is supplemented by writings and quotes by Houston and his acquaintances. Involving reading for biography and history buffs. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal Grade 4-6 Jean Fritz has done it again. In her tightly woven, well-researched biography of the Texas hero, she has demystified Sam Houston by presenting the facts of his life and providing interpretations. Her writing turns this larger-than-life character into a very real person. Houston was a self-educated man who fought in the War of 1812, served as a congressman and governor of Tennessee, fought for Texas independence, served as its first president and later as governor and senator after Texas joined the union. Much of his life was influenced by his boyhood reading of hero stories, especially those of Caius Marius, a Roman general and statesman. Fritz does not glide over Houston's weaknesses such as his problem with alcohol and his marriage to an Indian woman when still married to another woman. She delights in recounting Houston's dramatic flair. He stole the show from Mirabeau B. Lamar, elected to replace him as president of Texas, on his inauguration day by arriving dressed as George Washington and proceeding to give a three hour farewell address to the extreme consternation of Lamar. Other biographies of Houston have joined the ranks of o.p., but even collections that still have them should make room on their shelves for this splendid biography.Therese Bigelow, Hampton Public Library, Va. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Jean Fritz Stonewall
Puffin 069811552X / 9780698115521 PAPERBACK Good
069811552X 069811552X Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Jean Fritz Why Not, Lafayette?
Putnam Juvenile 039923411X / 9780399234118 Hardcover Good
039923411X 039923411X Hardcover, Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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