The Lion at Bay

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He's a Southern hero in a country on the edge of war.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sam Houston has survived scandal battlefields and broken hearts. Now older wearier but no less stubborn he finds himself at the center of a storm once more.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Republic of Texas is gone absorbed into the United States and Houston is its first senator-a larger-than-life figure navigating the muddy streets of Washington D.C. where deals are made in whispers and betrayals happen in broad daylight.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Back home he's a husband and father with a growing family. In the capital he's a Southern unionist and slaveholder who dares to defy the rising tide of secession-and pays the price. As the nation barrels toward civil war Houston is out of step with allies enemies and even his own state. But he refuses to back down.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From fiery Senate debates to the Texas governor's mansion Houston fights a lonely battle against disunion knowing the cost will be high-and knowing too that some principles are worth the sacrifice.</span></p><p></p>