Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas
(Part of the Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest Series)
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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:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0896727823
ISBN13:9780896727823
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Texas Tech University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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