{"product_id":"ashbel-smith-of-texas-pioneer-patriot-statesman-1805-1886-paperback","title":"Ashbel Smith of Texas: Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, 1805-1886 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Silverthorne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough three times burned in effigy for his political activities, Ashbel Smith was an admired and influential leader in nineteenth-century Texas. A doctor educated at Yale and abroad, the \"father of Texas medicine\" championed higher standards of medical practice and helped found the state's medical society. He worked persistently to establish free public education in Texas and in his later years led the way in founding Prairie View State Normal School, the University of Texas (which he also served as regent), and the university's medical school at Galveston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first full-length biography of this important Texas statesman, Elizabeth Silverthorne portrays not only a very human and exciting personality but also the world he lived in, as seen through his eyes, and the part he played in shaping that world. Using public records, Smith's own journals, memoranda, and personal papers and the writings of his prominent contemporaries, she presents the tale of a vital, complex life \"so inextricably woven into the history of Texas . . . that whenever we examine any of the burning issues of the day-finance, politics, religion, transportation, immigration, agriculture, warfare, medicine, or education-we find Ashbel Smith there, analyzing, expounding, crusading, searching for the truth to open the way to a better life\" for Texans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eELIZABETH SILVERTHORNE is a freelance writer who has spent seven years researching the life and work of Ashbel Smith. To understand his perspective and to gather materials, she has traced his footsteps from Hartford to Salisbury, North Carolina, to New Haven to London and Paris to Evergreen, his home on Galveston Bay. Silverthorne, who has taught college courses in writing and literature, now lives in Temple, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1982\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468567658749,"sku":"9780890969748","price":37.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ZURzSm4vNUw1REdyOGhScDg2cUp0QT09.webp?v=1777290480","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/ashbel-smith-of-texas-pioneer-patriot-statesman-1805-1886-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}