Raven or A Biography of Sam Houston Author:Marquis James 1929. This work tells the tale of Sam Houston: United States Senator; military hero; protégé of Andrew Jackson and Tennessee's Young Man of Destiny; General and President of the Texas Republic; Ambassador of the Cherokee Nation of Indians and adoptee of the Cherokee people; and as trouble brewed with Mexico, he was chosen commander in chief of t... more »he Texan provisional government.« less