Lawrence Sullivan Ross, born in Iowa Territory, served Texas with 
a zeal unmatched by many of its native sons, devoting most of his 
life to the Lone Star State as Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, 
Confederate soldier, sheriff, constitution framer, state senator, 
governor, and president of Texas A&M College.

    In this first full-scale biography of Ross, Judith Benner 
engrossingly narrates the story of his life, from a sturdy child of 
the Texas frontier to a venerable college president credited with 
revitalizing a nearly defunct institution. Using such unpublished 
material as military records, private family papers, and archival 
collections, the author convincingly presents Ross and his 
contemporaries and fleshes out the human being behind the legend.

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JUDITH ANN BENNER received her B.A. from Southwest Texas 
State College, her M.A. from Trinity University, and her Ph.D. from 
Texas Christian University. A specialist on the Civil War, Texas, 
and the Confederacy, she has taught at Texas Christian University 
and Bethesda Christian Institute and was the editor for Heritage 
Magazine. She now lives in Wylie, Texas.


Number Thirteen: Centennial Series of the Association of Former 
Students, Texas A&M University


What people are saying about this book

"Benner's style is crisp and clear and reads like a novel. She has 
combined government documents and personal letters, as well as 
many different books and articles, to produce a first-rate biography 
of an important figure in Texas history who has remained obscure 
to most students of the Civil War. . . . Benner's work stands as a 
model biography that makes good reading."—Civil War Book 
Exchange & Collector's Newspaper