Lone Star Navy: Texas the Fight for the Gulf of Mexico and the Shaping of the American West

Lone Star Navy tells the story of a little fleet of wooden warships bought on credit by an impoverished band of revolutionaries and sent to sea on a single mission: to win Texass independence from Mexico. In this thoroughly researched and highly entertaining account Jonathan W. Jordan recounts the improbable story of how the Texas navy helped the short-lived Republic of Texas break away from Mexico and change the course of history in the American West.