Seat of Empire
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Austin, Texas, from December 2-6, to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Jeffrey Stuart Kerr talked about his book, Seat of Empire: the Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas, about how Austin became the capital of Texa… read more
Jeffrey Stuart Kerr talked about his book, Seat of Empire: the Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas, about how Austin became the capital of Texas, and the battle between Mirabeau Lamar, vice president of the Republic of Texas, and Sam Houston, president of the Republic of Texas.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Austin, Texas, from December 2-6, to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close