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.