Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Texas and the Texans, or Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the Southwest, Vol. 1 of 2: Including a History of Leading Events in Mexico, From the Conquest by Fernando Cortes to the Termination of the Texan Revolution
To the Reader of these unworthy volumes, the Author feels himself bound to address a word or two, by way of apology, for the many imperfections which the eye of criticism will not fail to detect. I amat least no intruder upon. The attention of the literary world. Eighteen months since, I chanced to visit the Republic of Texas, Upon a jaunt of recreation and curiosity; and was invited, whilst there, to undertake a History of the War of Texan In dependence, by more than twenty of the most conspicuous actors in that war. The commu nication which I received on the occasion, to gether with my reply, has been long before the public, in' leading newspapers on either side of the, Sabine. However unfit I may have con sidered myself for the task proposed, I did not feel at liberty to decline it: and now it is for others to determine whether I deserve censure or approbation for the manner in which that task has been executed.
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