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Seat of Empire
Jeffrey Stuart Kerr
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Description for Seat of Empire
"Lofty dreams and harsh realities clash on the Texas frontier" Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
The founding of Austin sparked one of the first great political battles in the Republic of Texas, pitting two Texas titans against each other: Mirabeau Lamar, who within the space of a year rose from army private to Texas vice president of Texas, and Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto and a man both loved and hated throughout the Republic. The shy, soft-spoken, self-righteous Lamar dreamed of a great imperial capital city in the wilderness—but to achieve it faced the hardships of the frontier, the mighty Comanche nation, the Mexican army, and the political might of Sam Houston.
The founding of Austin sparked one of the first great political battles in the Republic of Texas, pitting two Texas titans against each other: Mirabeau Lamar, who within the space of a year rose from army private to Texas vice president of Texas, and Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto and a man both loved and hated throughout the Republic. The shy, soft-spoken, self-righteous Lamar dreamed of a great imperial capital city in the wilderness—but to achieve it faced the hardships of the frontier, the mighty Comanche nation, the Mexican army, and the political might of Sam Houston.
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896727823
SKU
V9780896727823
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About Jeffrey Stuart Kerr
In addition to Seat of Empire, Jeffrey S. Kerr has written two other books on Texas history, Austin, Texas: Then and Now (a 2005 non-fiction finalist for the Writers’ League of Texas Violet Crown Award) and The Republic of Austin (now in its third printing with Waterloo Press).
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