01033cam a2200241 4500 243212296 TxAuBib 731016s1974||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780871912992 0871912996 TxAuBib Grant, Matthew G. Sam Houston of Texas / [by] Matthew G. Grant. Illustrated by Harold Henriksen. [Mankato, Minn : Creative Education; distributed by Childrens Press, Chicago, [1974] 29 p : illus. (part col.) ; 25 cm. His Gallery of great Americans series. War heroes of America An easy-to-read-biography of the soldier and politician who helped gain Texas independence from Mexico and became first president of the new Republic of Texas in 1836. Houston, Sam 1793-1863 Juvenile literature. Houston, Sam 1793-1863. Generals. Texas History. Henriksen, Harold, illus. His Gallery of great Americans series. War heroes of America.