TY - BOOK AU - Kerr,Jeffrey Stuart ED - Project Muse. TI - Seat of empire: the embattled birth of Austin, Texas T2 - The Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest SN - 9780896727830 AV - F394.A957 K475 2013 U1 - 976.4/31 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Lubbock, Texas PB - Texas Tech University Press KW - Texas KW - Capital and capitol KW - History KW - Austin (Tex.) KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Mirabeau Lamar's buffalo -- The nomadic government -- False start -- The raven and the poet -- Selecting a site -- Waterloo -- Road to Austin -- Building a city -- "There will be a public sale of lots" -- Lamar's triumph -- The fourth congress -- Frontier capital -- Moccasin tracks -- The pig war -- Fiasco -- Return of the raven -- Chaos -- Desolation -- Salvation N2 - "The history of the controversial founding of Austin as the capital of Texas"--Provided by publisher UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780896727830/ ER -