Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- new orleans in 1835 -- anfictiones -- nacogdoches land men -- the big men -- immigrant soldiers -- disaster at tampico -- san antonio de béxar, la bahía, and the texas navy -- the texas agency in new orleans -- a new government, military tragedy and triumph, and the texas navy -- confusion and the clash of the texas agencies at new orleans -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.