Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston Page: Front Inside
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Star of Destiny
The Private Life of Sam and
Margaret Houston
Madge Thornall Roberts
Much is known about Sam
Houston's political and military
career, but until Star of Destiny the
influence of his wife and children
on his life has been overlooked.
Star of Destiny draws upon
previously unpublished family
letters between Sam and his wife
Margaret Lea, which reveal a deep
interdependency between the two.
These letters are astonishing in
their emotional honesty and they
reveal aspects of married life in the
nineteenth century that are
overlooked by most historians.
The letters, which have been
unavailable to the public,
counteract the myth of the lone
hero who conquered the frontier
without support or influence of
his family.
The author, great-great-
granddaughter of Sam
Houston and Margaret
Lea, has gathered
hundreds of letters
from family members
and interviewed
descendants to tell the
story of this remarkable
marriage.
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Roberts, Madge Thornall, 1929-. Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston, book, 1993; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28332/m1/2/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.