02053cam a2200337 4500 758590710 TxAuBib 20090220120000.0 080205s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008005176 9781603440400 cloth : alk. paper 1603440402 cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)192045587 TXA/DLC DLC TXA TxGR TxAuBib Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967- Texas Confederate, Reconstruction governor [Book] : James Webb Throckmorton / Kenneth Wayne Howell. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2008. xvi, 251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; ; 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. 20090220. Throckmorton, J. W James Webb 1825-1894. Governors Texas Biography. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Texas. Texas Politics and government 19th century. Texas History Civil War, 1861-1865. Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; ; 17. RV8