The Texas Archive War: Houston and Lamar Battle for the Capital - Paperback

by Lora-Marie Bernard (Author), Lindsay Scovil (Foreword by)

Often relegated to a footnote, the Archive War almost plunged the Republic of Texas into civil war. Houston's Archive War began with the Texas Revolution, as the spoils of the battlefield gave way to bitter political strife. Sam Houston didn't expect a two-year standoff with Austin residents over the location of the new republic's capital. But if a few things had gone differently, his attempt to shift the seat of government back to the city named after him could have ended with Austin residents in outright rebellion. As it was, the feud between Lamar and Houston over the seat of government escalated into cannon-fire and continued until Texas was a Republic no more. Author Lora-Marie Bernard thumbs through the incendiary files of the Texas Archive War.

Author Biography

Called one of the state's best storytellers by Texana Reads, Lora-Marie Bernard has written several books for The History Press, including The Yellow Rose of Texas: The Song, The Legend & Emily D. West, The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards and Lower Brazos River Canals. She is a coauthor of Houston Center: Vision to Excellence (Green Oaks Publishing). Early in her career, she won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and has continued to receive numerous accolades for her public affairs and investigative reporting. A former vice-president for the Southeast Texas Museum Association, she currently serves as an international corporate board member for the Alumnae-Network for Harvard Women.