Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS XV
3. FOREWORD XVII
4. PROLOGUE 1
5. I THIRTEENTH CHILD 3
6. II BROTHERLY LOVE IN PHILADELPHIA 13
7. III NADIR 19
8. IV MR. AUSTIN'S TEXAS 25
9. V FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR 37
10. VI AN ANXIOUS OBSERVER 47
11. VII 1836 56
12. VIII BRAZORIA 78
13. IX A MAMMOTH SCHEME 86
14. X THE CITY OF HOUSTON 95
15. XI MR. JONES OF B. 101
16. XII GUIDE, PHILOSOPHER, FRIEND 111
17. XIII ANNEXATION? 120
18. XIV THE THREAD 133
19. XV JEANNETTE 149
20. XVI MR. LAMAR'S TEXAS 159
21. XVII LIKE CERTAIN FEVERS 167
22. XVIII THE CITY OF AUSTIN 177
23. XIX SOME COURTLY LANGUAGE 183
24. XX NOT BY MY VOTE . . . 196
25. XXI FAREWELL TO POLITICS 203
26. XXII WITHOUT MONEY, WITHOUT CREDIT . . . 213
27. XXIII SECRETARY OF STATE 227
28. XXIV MR. HOUSTON'S TEXAS 237
29. XXV WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS 262
30. XXVI ARMISTICE 273
31. XXVII AN UNCERTAIN DIE 285
32. XXVIII THE ABSORBING QUESTION 305
33. XXIX SECRET, DARK AND DILIGENT 321
34. XXX WARY AS FOXES 338
35. XXXI INTERLUDE 353
36. XXXII THE PRESIDENT 365
37. XXXIII ALTERNATIVES 388
38. XXXIV MR. JONES'S TEXAS 405
39. XXXV MISSION ACCOMPLISHED 420
40. EPILOGUE 437
41. NOTES 441
42. BIBLIOGRAPHY 505
43. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 521
44. INDEX 523