Discusses the rising tensions between American colonists in Mexican Texas and the Mexican president, Santa Anna, that led to the Texas Revolution, which led to the creation of the independent Republic of Texas in 1836.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 72. Chapters: Republic of Texas, Texas Declaration of Independence, Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Mexican Texas, Convention of 1833, To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World, List of Texan survivors of the Battle of the Alamo, Convention of 1832, Timeline of the Texas Revolution, Anahuac Disturbances, List of Convention of 1832 delegates, Brown Bess, Goliad Campaign, Texian Army, Yellowstone, Consultation, Convention of 1836, San Jacinto Monument, List of Texas Revolution battles, Velasco, Texas, Runaway Scrape, Gaines Ferry, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, Texan schooner Liberty, Matamoros Expedition, Turtle Bayou Resolutions, Treaties of Velasco, Texas Navy, Vince's Bridge, Harrisburg, Houston, Herman Ehrenberg, Come and take it, Fort Teran, Hannah Elizabeth, Texas Secretary of the Navy, Texas Independence Day, Tampico Expedition, San Jacinto Day, New Orleans Greys, Sabine Expedition.

A Quebecer, a Scot, an Englishman, an Irishman, some Yankees, some Southern gents, a couple of Tejanos...listening to the duelling accents alone would have been well worth the price of admission. Some had led the quiet lives of family men. Others were known for drunkenness, noted for bravery, celebrated for military acumen and one was notorious for castrating a couple of guys back in his home state. Five signers resided on land that was technically in Arkansas. Two fathers who lost sons at the Alamo saddled up next to the father of the man who had burned their bodies. A couple of signers had been "permanently" tossed out of Texas after their participation in the Fredonian Rebellion. Low on provisions, in the cold, away from their homes and families, with the looming threat of Santa Anna kicking in the door, 59 individuals created an independent Texas. Despite all of the diversity and adversity, they managed to get it done. In the wake of their deliberations and pen strokes was born the storied Republic and the state that would define western expansion and reshape the United States. In this book, Mr. Kemp serves up each signer to us so that we might place each, in our mind's eye, in that rented building in Washington. He tells us where they came from, how they got here and where they ended up. We need to know these men because they're the men who made us Texans!