The Life of Carrie Nation
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Wichita, Kansas, on May 7-10 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local cable 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.
Mike Seiwert talked about the life of Carrie Nation, an axe-wielding temperance advocate intent on destroying Kansas' underground bars. He w… read more
Mike Seiwert talked about the life of Carrie Nation, an axe-wielding temperance advocate intent on destroying Kansas' underground bars. He was interviewed at Eaton Place, formerly the Carey Hotel, the site of a bar that she vandalized December 27, 1990.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Wichita, Kansas, on May 7-10 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local cable 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
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