BOOKS | WEBSITES

Books:

Marshall De Bruhl, Sword of San Jacinto: A Life of Sam Houston (New York: Random House, 1993).

Donald Braider, Solitary Star: A Biography of Sam Houston (New York: Putnam, 1974).

Randolph B. Campbell, Sam Houston and the American Southwest, ed. Oscar Handlin (New York: Harper Collins, 1993).

Elizabeth Crook, The Raven's Bride (New York: Doubleday, 1991).

Llerena B. Friend, Sam Houston: The Great Designer (Austin, Tex: University of Texas Press, 1969).

Jack Gregory and Rennard Strickland, Sam Houston with the Cherokees, 1829-1833 (Austin, Tex: University of Texas Press, 1967)

James L. Haley, Sam Houston (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002).

Clifford Hopewell, Sam Houston: Man of Destiny (Austin, Tex: Eakin Press, 1987).

Marquis James, The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston (Atlanta: Mockingbird Books, 1977).

Madge Thornall Roberts, Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston (Denton, Tex: University of North Texas Press, 1993).

Madge Thornall Roberts, The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston (3 vols., Denton, Tex: University of North Texas Press, 1996).

Amelia W. Williams and Eugene C. Barker, eds., The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863 (8 vols., Austin, Tex.: Pemberton Press, 1970).

Websites:

The Sam Houston Memorial Museum
http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/
A large section on Sam's Life includes quotes, images, and biographical perspectives

The Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/fho73.html
Contains a comprehensive biography of Sam Houston

The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/default.htm
Articles on Sam Houston, Overhill Cherokees, and Andrew Jackson

The Cherokee Nation
http://www.cherokee.org/Home.asp
The official Cherokee site contains news and current events, cultural and historical information, and a section on the Cherokee language

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - The American Presidents
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/aae_toc.html
Biographies on both Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun

Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story
http://www.wnpt.net/rachel/index.html
A comprehensive personal and political history of Andrew Jackson

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