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Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas - Kerr, Jeffrey Stuart
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The founding of Austin sparked one of the Republic of Texas's first great political battles, pitting against each other two Texas titans: Lamar, who in less than a year had risen to vice president from army private, 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 in the wilderness, but to achieve it faced the hardships of the frontier, the mighty Comanche nation, the Mexican army, and the ...

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Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas 2016, Texas Tech Press,U.S., Texas

ISBN-13: 9780896729742

Paperback

Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas 2013, Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, TX

ISBN-13: 9780896727823

Hardcover