Alexander Watkins Terrell
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Author | : Lewis L. Gould |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0292779046 |
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Alexander Terrell's career placed him at the center of some of the most pivotal events in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history, ranging from the Civil War to Emperor Maximilian's reign over Mexico and an Armenian genocide under the Ottoman Empire. Alexander Watkins Terrell at last provides the first complete biographical portrait of this complex figure. Born in Virginia in 1827, Terrell moved to Texas in 1852, rising to the rank of Confederate brigadier general when the Civil War erupted. Afterwards, he briefly served in Maximilian's army before returning to Texas, where he was elected to four terms in the state Senate and three terms in the House. President Grover Cleveland appointed him minister to the Ottoman Empire, dispatching him to Turkey and the Middle East for four years while the issues surrounding the existence of Christians in a Muslim empire stoked violent confrontations there. His other accomplishments included writing legislation that created the Texas Railroad Commission and what became the Permanent University Fund (the cornerstone of the University of Texas's multibillion-dollar endowment). In this balanced exploration of Terrell's life, Gould also examines Terrell's views on race, the impact of the charges of cowardice in the Civil War that dogged him, and his spiritual searching beyond the established religions of his time. In his rich and varied life, Alexander Watkins Terrell experienced aspects of nineteenth-century Texas and American history whose effects have continued down to the present day.
Author | : Lewis L. Gould |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0292797281 |
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Alexander Terrell's career placed him at the center of some of the most pivotal events in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history, ranging from the Civil War to Emperor Maximilian's reign over Mexico and an Armenian genocide under the Ottoman Empire. Alexander Watkins Terrell at last provides the first complete biographical portrait of this complex figure. Born in Virginia in 1827, Terrell moved to Texas in 1852, rising to the rank of Confederate brigadier general when the Civil War erupted. Afterwards, he briefly served in Maximilian's army before returning to Texas, where he was elected to four terms in the state Senate and three terms in the House. President Grover Cleveland appointed him minister to the Ottoman Empire, dispatching him to Turkey and the Middle East for four years while the issues surrounding the existence of Christians in a Muslim empire stoked violent confrontations there. His other accomplishments included writing legislation that created the Texas Railroad Commission and what became the Permanent University Fund (the cornerstone of the University of Texas's multibillion-dollar endowment). In this balanced exploration of Terrell's life, Gould also examines Terrell's views on race, the impact of the charges of cowardice in the Civil War that dogged him, and his spiritual searching beyond the established religions of his time. In his rich and varied life, Alexander Watkins Terrell experienced aspects of nineteenth-century Texas and American history whose effects have continued down to the present day.
Author | : Mary Ella Wallis |
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Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1937 |
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Download The Life of Alexander Watkins Terrell, 1827-1912 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Charles Kincheloe Chamberlain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1176 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Texas |
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Author | : Alexander Watkins Terrell |
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Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1933 |
Genre | : Mexico |
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Download From Texas to Mexico and the Court of Maximilian in 1865 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Fannie E. Ratchford |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : Texas |
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Download Introduction to From Texas to Mexico and the Court of Maximilian in 1865 by Alexander Watkins Terrell, 1827-1912 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : John W. Spencer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
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Download Terrell's Texas Cavalry Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Alexander Watkins Terrell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1908* |
Genre | : Texas |
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Download Speech of Hon. A.W. Terrell at Georgetown, Texas, April 11, 1908 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Alexander Watkins Terrell |
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Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Texas |
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Download Address of Hon. A. W. Terrell Before the Williamson County Agricultural Association at Georgetown Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Alexander Watkins Terrell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Greer County (Tex.) |
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Download Speech of Senator Terrell Delivered in the Senate, April 19, 1882, on the Bill to Set Aside Two Million of Acres of Land to Endow the State University, and a Like Amount for Public Free Schools Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle