Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967-

Texas Confederate, Reconstruction governor James Webb Throckmorton / [electronic resource] : Kenneth Wayne Howell. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2008. - xvi, 251 p. : ill. - Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 17 . - Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 17. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.

Introduction: an enigma in nineteenth-century Texas politics -- The foundations of a frontier politician, 1825-50 -- Guardian of the frontier, 1851-57 -- The storm of passion and sectional hatred, 1857-61 -- The Civil War: "He that is not for us is against us," 1861-65 -- Tainted blood: early Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-66 -- "Every exertion within my reach": challenging presidential Reconstruction in Texas, 1866 -- An impediment to Reconstruction, 1867 -- Fueling the fires of redemption: the struggle to bring down radical rule in Texas, 1867-73 -- The end of the line: failed restorations and congressional mediocrity in the post-Reconstruction era, 1873-94.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Throckmorton, J. W. 1825-1894.


Governors--Texas--Biography.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Texas.


Texas--Politics and government--19th century.
Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.


Electronic books.

F391.T55 / H85 2008

976.4/061092 B