Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas

by Jeffrey Stuart Kerr

Book Overview

In 1838 Texas vice president Mirabeau B. Lamar, flush from the excitement of a successful buffalo hunt, gazed from a hilltop toward the paradise at his feet and saw the future. His poetic eye admired the stunning vista before him, with its wavering prairie grasses gradually yielding to clusters of trees, then whole forests bordering the glistening Colorado River in the distance. Lamar's equally awestruck companions, no strangers to beautiful landscapes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896729745
• ISBN13: 9780896729742
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Longleaf Service
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 9.0"