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Foreword, by Archie P. McDonald ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 3 chapter 1 New Orleans in 1835 6 chapter 2 Anfictiones 19 chapter 3 Nacogdoches Land Men 37 chapter 4 The Big Men 56 chapter 5 Immigrant Soldiers 71 chapter 6 Disaster at Tampico 85 chapter 7 San Antonio de Béxar, La Bahía, and the Texas Navy 108 chapter 8 The Texas Agency in New Orleans 129 chapter 9 A New Government, Military Tragedy and Triumph, and the Texas Navy 152 chapter 10 Confusion and the Clash of the Texas Agencies at New Orleans 177 Epilogue 203 Notes 211 Bibliography 255 Index 271 table of contents ...

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