Taming Texas-P

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.Sadler 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. Stephen 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. 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). Steve his wife Cindy and their two daughters currently make their home in the Dallas area.