Ten Tall Texans (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel James Kubiak
- First Published: 1967
- Time of Work: 1821–1845
- Setting: Texas
- Principal Characters: Sam Houston, Lorenzo De Zavala, Stephen F. Austin, José Antonio Navarro, Ben Milam, Andrea Castanon Candelaria, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Juan N. Seguin, William B. Travis
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, West, U.S., War, Politicians, Mexican Americans, Military life or service, Mexico or Mexicans, Latinos, Texas, Biography, Frontier or pioneer life, Mexican-American War
- Locales: Texas
Form and Content
The publisher of Daniel James Kubiak’s Ten Tall Texans describes the work as “portrait sketches of ten heroes.” In discussing the pursuit of liberty, the author unites the stories of ten diverse people into one book. The nationwide fame achieved by Sam Houston and Davy Crockett before the Texas Revolution contrasts with the modest life of widow Andrea Castanon Candelaria, who nursed soldiers at the Alamo. The wealth of Juan N. Seguin and the legal education of Jose Antonio Navarro differs from the background of Ben Milam, a Kentucky woodsman who...
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