| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 34.2

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Book Review

Sam Houston. By James L. Haley. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. xix + 513 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95.)

It cannot be said that history has ignored Sam Houston. The subject of no fewer than sixty biographies, Houston's extraordinary career is well known to students of Texas history, and one might well ask what remains to be said of the "Hero of San Jacinto." In the latest addition to this body of literature, author James Haley draws a familiar picture; much like his predecessors, he views Houston as a larger-than-life figure in the grand, heroic tradition. Despite its recognizable features, however, this new portrait is not an entirely conventional one, and Haley deserves credit for making his subject seem fresh and worthy of further study. . . .

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