Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life

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Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life

Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life

Presented by the Fort Worth Public Library and The Center for Texas Studies at TCU, these workshops are aimed at increasing the historical awareness of the community. The series is designed to make the public aware of the important, yet often overlooked historical resources around them, and how to preserve them for posterity. The goal of the workshops is to prove that “every person is a historian,” and that they can, by their deeds and actions, preserve a small part of the cultural and historical fabric of this region. Register for the virtual events here: http://fortworthtexas.gov/library/programs/community-history/

Oct. 10, 2020 - Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life

Brian A. Cervantez, Ph.D.

Professor of History & Assistant Divisional Dean,

Tarrant County College

Have you ever wanted to know more about the man behind the museum? Join us for a presentation on Amon G. Carter by Brian Cervantez, who recently published the very first scholarly biography of the Fort Worth giant. After growing up in a one-room log cabin, Carter rose to become a philanthropist and enthusiastic promoter of Fort Worth. He founded the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, established Fort Worth’s first radio station, lobbied for the American Airlines to headquarter in Fort Worth, and secured government funding for an aircraft factory that would later become Lockheed Martin. Carter also funded or helped support various schools, churches, museums, and parks. Drawing from the Amon G. Carter papers at Texas Christian University, Cervantez will detail not only Carter’s life but his continuing influence in Fort Worth and the Southwest.

Brian Cervantez is an associate professor of history and an assistant divisional dean at Tarrant County College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 2011. He has published numerous book reviews in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and Military History of the West. His first book, Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life, recently won the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History from the Texas State Historical Association.