American History TV in Beaumont, Texas
Hosted by their Time-Warner Cable partners, the Local Content Vehicle staff visited numerous locations to explore the hi…
Hosted by their Time-Warner Cable partners, the Local Content Vehicle staff visited numerous locations to explore the history and literary c… read more
Hosted by their Time-Warner Cable partners, the Local Content Vehicle staff visited numerous locations to explore the history and literary culture of Beaumont, Texas, where the oil industry in Texas got its start. These are the segments that aired on Book TV:
The Book Bazaar
Theodore Roosevelt Abroad: Nature, Empire, and the Journey of an American President
Books of Hours Exhibition
Betting, Booze and Brothels: Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas
Lamar University Library Special Collections
Making of Medieval Manuscripts
Race Relations at the Margins: Slaves and Poor Whites in the Antebellum Southern Countryside
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Beaumont, Texas, on January 9-13 to visit literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV. close