Fort Worth stories / by Richard F. Selcer.
| Author/creator | Selcer, Richard F. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2021] |
| Description | xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Texas local series ; Number 4 Texas local series ; no. 4. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | The Comanche Raid That Never Happened -- Longhair Jim Courtright: Legendary Marshal, Terrible Witness -- Hogs Rule in Cowtown -- Fort Worth Learns to Bathe -- "Sign Us Up!" Fort Worthers Dig Deep for Their Town -- Forgotten Hero of the Texas Spring Palace Fire -- The Devil in Cowtown -- Death on the Tracks -- When Men Were Men and Women Were the "Fairer Sex" -- Fort Worth: Candy-making Capital of the Southwest -- It's About Horsepower, Not Horse Flesh -- Market Day -- Jewel Heist at Thistle Hill -- When is a Miranda Warning not a Miranda Warning? -- President Roosevelt Plants a Tree -- The Protestant Sanitarium and the Beginnings of the South Side Medical District -- Fort Worth an Aggie Outpost? -- Murder at the Metropolitan Hotel -- Don't Divorce 'em, lock 'em up -- That's No Lady; That's My Lawyer! -- America's Dance King Becomes Fort Worth Flyboy -- Amon Carter is Rejected by the Masons -- Redemption for a Tired Mistreated Building? -- Harry Houdini Appeared in Fort Worth Twice! -- When Gutzon Borglum Came to Town and Robert E. Lee Almost Did -- Goodbye, Fort Worth, "Hello, Sucker!" -- Public Enemy No. 1 Nabbed in Fort Worth -- The Green Book Guide to Fort Worth -- Dark Days on Both Sides of the Trinity -- A Tale of Two Ritzes -- Fort Worth Gets Air-conditioned -- Those Old Neighborhood Movie Houses Bring Back Memories. |
| Abstract | "Book is collection of historical stories about Fort Worth, Texas, beginning in the 1840s and reaching the present day. Stories are chosen from typical events in Fort Worth that usually don't make it into traditional history books"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-315) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020042474 |
| ISBN | 9781574418309 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |