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Ron Rozelle teaches creative writing in the Brazosport School District.
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Today, Sam Houston, is almost forgotten - even in Texas - and that is a crime. Think about it: Sam Houston led the army that significantly changed American history by defeating Mexico's General Santa Ana, thereby turning Texas into the Republic of Texas, he was twice president of that republic, twice a U.S. senator after Texas became part of the Union, and at the very end of his political career, he served as governor of the state he was so instrumental in creating. Also, he is the only person in United States history who served as the governor of two different states, having first served as the governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.
I have been an admirer of Sam Houston since I was a child (a long, long time ago), and I'm surprised at how much I learned about the man and his family from "Exiled." It helps, I suppose, that I live in the General's old stomping grounds (in what is a north Houston suburb), and that I'm within 50 miles of Huntsville, the town in which Houston's family spent so many years while he was seeing to his senatorial duties in Washington. Huntsville is also where Houston died and is buried, and it is the home of a wonderful little museum that includes both the longtime family home and the home in which Houston died in 1863 (he died downstairs and his funeral was held in the room above the bedroom he died in). I haven't visited the museum in a few years, and this book has reminded me just how badly I need to do that again.
Sam Houston was an American hero. He loved the Union more than anything in life other than his family. But he was also a Texas patriot, and he loved the state dearly despite resigning the Texas governorship rather then swearing an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. His last words show exactly what meant most to him and what was on his mind when death found him: "Texas...Texas...Margaret."… (més)