With Sam Houston in Texas A Boy Volunteer in the Texas Struggles for Independence, When in the Years 1835-1836 the Texas Colonists Threw Off the Unjust Rule of Mexico, and by Heroic Deeds Established, Under the Guidance of the Bluff Sam Houston, Their Own Free Republic Which To-day is the Great Lone Star State

"With Sam Houston in Texas" by Edwin L. Sabin is an adventure that tells the tale of a young man amid the whirlwind of the Texas Revolution, during the years 1835 and 1836. The story opens with Ernest Merrill traveling to Fort Gibson on the steamboat "Arkansas", and soon throws the reader into the heart of Texas’s fight for freedom as Ernest becomes a volunteer, caught up in the battles and the dream of a new republic. He meets key figures like the brave Lieutenant Neal, and the headstrong Texan Dick Carroll, who pull him into the conflict that simmers between Texas and Mexico, all under the looming presence of the legendary Sam Houston, a man believed to hold Texas’s very destiny in his hands. As Ernest faces the challenges of a land in turmoil, the reader experiences the dangers, the excitement, and the spirit of the men and women who fought to shape the Lone Star State.