is the biography of a man who became a politician, entrepreneur, and Confederate spy. He emigrated from New England and was involved in the annexation of Texas to the United States, became a railroad entrepreneur, and served in the Confederate Torpedo Bureau during the American Civil War. He served as attorney general in Sam Houston's and Anson Jones' Republic of Texas cabinets. He was the first elected attorney general of the State of Texas. He obtained the first charter for a Texas railroad. This new revised and updated version includes recent events honoring .