This book is the life of the first president of Texas. He was an important leader of the Texas revolution. 

Keep on reading to know important facts and what made him part of the Texas revolution.

Samuel Houston was born in Virginia on March 2, 1793. He left home at a very young age and was Adopted by a clan led by Chief Oolooteka, Sam learned to speak the Cherokee language, he was named Colonneh, or “the Raven."

 Houston joined the U.S. Army to fight against Britain in the War of 1812. While serving under Andrew Jackson in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 26, 1814 suffered three near-fatal wounds, by the time he returned to duty Jackson’s forces had won a decisive victory in the Battle of New Orleans. 

Houston resigned from the army in 1818 to launch his law career, he became general of the Tennessee military. 

After serving as attorney general in Nashville, Houston won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, and headed to Washington, D.C. in 1823.

Houston won a second congressional term in 1825, and two years later became governor of Tennessee at the age of 34.

In April 1829 he resigned as governor and left Tennessee to seek refuge with the Cherokee in Arkansas Territory.

In 1832, Houston settled in Nacogdoches which at the time was part of Mexico. He opened a law office. Houston represented Nacogdoches at the Convention of 1833, during which Anglo-Texan settlers, led by Stephen Austin, decided to petition the Mexican government to grant Texas independent state status.

In October 1835, Texan and Mexican forces clashed in the Battle of Gonzales, beginning the Texas Revolution. Houston was appointed commander in chief of the Texan army. Even as Mexican forces besieged the Alamo in March 1836, Houston attended the convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos that voted for Texan independence.

On April 21 the Texans caught Santa Anna’s troops in a surprise attack along the San Jacinto River. The stunning victory led to Santa Anna’s capture and surrender, and the battle for Texan independence was won.

Houston’s heroic reputation as “Old San Jacinto” helped him win two non-consecutive terms as president of the Republic of Texas (1836-1838 and 1841-1844). In between, he served in the Texas House of Representatives. The city of Houston, incorporated during his first presidential administration, served as the first Texas capital.