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HELL BENT FOR SANTA FE

The Texan-Santa Fe Expedition of 1841

ISBN 0-9728923-7-0

Also available at Amazon.com

 

In 1841 The Republic of Texas claimed all the Mexican territory west to the Pacific Ocean.  President Mirabeau Lamar sent these 300 men to enforce the boundary.  They failed, but today cities and counties throughout the State of Texas are named for those men.

True story set to fiction with maps and illustrations.  The men, the mistakes and misery; the drunken commander; the mutiny by some of the most famous men in Texas folklore.  Experience the day-by-day actual adventure of the lowest moments in Texas history.  Sample Chapters 

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ISBN 0-9743852-5-5 14.95 Plus 4.00 Shipping (US Only)

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