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Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War (Pivotal Moments in American History) (Reprint Edition) by Joel H. Silbey Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-19-531592-8 / 0195315928 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531592-9 / 9780195315929 In the Spring of 1844, a fiery political conflict erupted over the admission of Texas into the Union, a hard-fought and bitter controversy that profoundly changed the course of American history. Indeed, as Joel Silbey argues in A Fierce Political Storm, the battle over Texas marked the crucial momen |