Texas Sinners & Revolutionaries: Jane Long and Her Fellow Conspirators

I have read and enjoyed Jack Ramsay's Texas Sinners and Revolutionaries in which he uses the interactions of Jane Long, Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar to introduce scores more of early Texans. I was extremely pleased to find the story of my Great Grandfather, Don Erasmo Seguin, included as one of the Tejano's who have so often been left out of the telling of early Texas history. The three people he uses as main characters, Jane Long (a woman who has often been ignored maybe because she was a woman), Sam Houston (the first President of the Republic of Texas, well known as perhaps one of the most famous of all Texans) and Mirabeau Lamar (second President of the Republic of Texas and sometimes known for little more than that) are three people who make me wonder why they left other parts of the United States to enter the conflicts of nineteenth-century Texas. Jane Long who was in her early twenties when she first entered the province could have had an easier life and was before her time by assuming the leadership she took. The story of why Sam Houston, former congressman and ex-governor of Tennessee, left his home state offers an explanation of his well-known personality. Mirabeau Lamar, Georgia ex-senator and son of a wealthy plantation owner, at times must have longed for Georgia. Their ability to unite despite diverse backgrounds provided me an explanation of what it took to create the Republic of Texas when Spain, Mexico and the United States all wanted to claim the land. While each was misunderstood and sometimes maligned by contemporaries, their rebellious conspiracy against Mexico who had a centuries-old claim to Texas is a fascinating story. Dr. Ramsay's book gave me a unique look at the dynamics of the interplay between Spain, Mexico, the United States, and the Republic of Texas governments. The Index of the book which is illustrated with maps, flags, portraits and political cartoons from national newspapers of that day, makes it an easy and quick reference book to briefly identify many people and events in early Texas. The book helped me understand Jane Long, an indomitable woman who holds a prominent though little known place in Texas history. The involvement and contributions to the development of Texas by fellow conspirators Jane Long, Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar, though early Texas history, is a very modern story. "I highly recommend Texas Sinners and Revolutionaries, Jane Long and Her Fellow Conspirators to anyone wanting to learn about early Texas and how it came to be the state it is".Albert Seguin Gonzales [URL]