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Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from Texas = A Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American Civil War /

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Title/Author:	Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from Texas/ by Christiaan Sterken, Amy Abercrombie King.
Reminder of title:	A Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American Civil War /
Author:	Sterken, Christiaan.
other author:	King, Amy Abercrombie.
Description:	XIII, 161 p. 27 illus., 23 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Physics. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46538-4
ISBN:	9783030465384

Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from Texas = A Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American Civil War /
Sterken, Christiaan.

Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from TexasA Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American Civil War /[electronic resource] :by Christiaan Sterken, Amy Abercrombie King. - 1st ed. 2020. - XIII, 161 p. 27 illus., 23 illus. in color.online resource. - Springer Biographies,2365-0613. - Springer Biographies,.

Part I Jean-Charles Houzeau: His work, his travels and his letters.-Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie.-San Antonio in Houzeau’s times -- The nature and literary quality of Houzeau’s work, and of its translations -- Explanatory remarks -- Part II Appendix: Selected letters and transcripts of official documents -- Transcription of official Texas documents -- Transcription of official letters -- Part III Jean-Charles Houzeau’s White Terror in Texas -- Foreword -- Letter I.

Translated from the original French and annotated with figures, historical maps and commentary from the translators, this work is Jean-Charles Houzeau's account of his escape from Texas during the American Civil War. Houzeau was a Belgian astronomer who worked a couple of years as assistant astronomer at the Brussels Observatory, but eventually moved to the United States. He was living as a frontierman in Texas when the Civil War broke out, and because he took an abolitionist stance and helped slaves escape, he was forced to flee to Mexico, from where he sailed to New Orleans on board of a US military vessel. Originally titled La terreur blanche au Texas et mon 'evasion, Houzeau captured the details of his escape in 1862. The editors, an astronomer and a French language teacher, have added supplementary material to give the readers more depth and historical context to the story.

ISBN: 9783030465384

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-46538-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

564049
Physics.

LC Class. No.: QC6.9

Dewey Class. No.: 530.01

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