Private Book Collection of Chris Brewer
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2013 LCV Cities Tour” in Bakersfield, California, from June 3-7 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed.
Historian Chris Brewer talked about his private book collection, consisting of thousands of local history books he has collected over the pa… read more
Historian Chris Brewer talked about his private book collection, consisting of thousands of local history books he has collected over the past 40 years. Mr. Brewer is a local Bakersfield historian and the great grandson of Colonel Thomas Baker, for whom Bakersfield is named.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2013 LCV Cities Tour” in Bakersfield, California, from June 3-7 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. close
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