Lust for Glory

<p>Lust for Glory: An Epic Story of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation is a concise reader friendly depiction of the "Heroic Age" of Texas history.  Employing short episodic chapters it explores the twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846.</p><p>Certainly one of the most eventful eras it included Mexican independence Anglo American settlement the "Come-and-Take-It" fight Battle of the Alamo Goliad Massacre victory at San Jacinto and the decade of the Texas Republic that culminated in statehood.  Extraordinary figures like Stephen F. Austin William Barret Travis Sam Houston and his long-suffering wife Margaret come alive on the page.</p><p>Skillfully conceived and masterfully written Lust for Glory flows with a style as passionate and exuberant as the place and the people it describes. </p>