Seat of Empire
The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Published:30th Apr '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9780896727823
Dimensions: 231mm x 149mm x 27mm
Weight: 455g
352 pages