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11 produkter
Fort Worth, Texas, That's My Town!
A Young People's History
Inbunden, 2023
386 kr
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This is the first time since 1967 that Fort Worth kids have had a history book written about their town, just for them. Unlike the outdated school text of 1967, this is the story not just of heroic white folks but of all the people who have made up our community. Twenty years and more of research …
Fort Worth Stories
Inbunden, 2022
294 kr
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Fort Worth Stories is a collection of thirty-two bite-sized chapters of the city's history. Did you know that the same day Fort Worth was mourning the death of beloved African American 'Gooseneck Bill' McDonald, Dallas was experiencing a series of bombings in black neighborhoods? Or that Fort Worth …
Fort Worth Characters 2 Volume 10
Inbunden, 2025
422 kr
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Fort Worth Characters 2 is a sequel to Fort Worth Characters (UNT Press, 2009) by Richard F. Selcer, the preeminent historian of Fort Worth. This book continues the theme of human-interest stories of twenty-five more characters pulled from Fort Worth history. Some, like Frank James, were already …
Civil War America, 1850 to 1875
Inbunden, 2006
1214 kr
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H. G. Wells once said, ""The most interesting history of the [entire] 19th century was the growth of the United States."" The years from 1850 to 1875 demonstrate the truth of this assessment. During the Civil War period, familiar aspects of modern life, such as government bureaucracy, consumer …
Written in Blood
The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, Volume 1, 1861-1909
Av Richard F. Selcer, Kevin S. Foster
Inbunden, 2010
467 kr
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“Another line of duty death” is a chilling headline that serves as an obituary for too many “first responders.” In 2002 Fort Worth joined the ranks of other communities across the nation in building a memorial to its fallen heroes, an elaborate, million-dollar Police and Firefighters Memorial, …
Written in Blood
The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, Volume 1, 1861-1909
Av Richard F. Selcer, Kevin S. Foster
Häftad, 2010
223 kr
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“Another line of duty death” is a chilling headline that serves as an obituary for too many “first responders.” In 2002 Fort Worth joined the ranks of other communities across the nation in building a memorial to its fallen heroes, an elaborate, million-dollar Police and Firefighters Memorial, …
Written in Blood
The History of Fort Worth's Gallen Lawmen, Volume 2, 1910-1928
Av Richard F. Selcer, Kevin S. Foster
Inbunden, 2011
467 kr
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In 2010 Written in Blood: The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, Volume 1, told the stories of thirteen Fort Worth law officers who died in the line of duty between 1861 and 1909. Now Richard F. Selcer and Kevin S. Foster are back with Volume 2 covering another baker's dozen line-of-duty deaths …
Written in Blood
The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, Volume 2, 1910-1928
Av Richard F. Selcer, Kevin S. Foster
Häftad, 2011
223 kr
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History of Fort Worth in Black & White
165 Years of African-American Life
Inbunden, 2015
352 kr
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This volume fills a long-empty niche on the Fort Worth bookshelf: a scholarly history of the city’s black community that starts at the beginning with Ripley Arnold and the early settlers, and comes down to today with our current battles over education, housing, and representation in city affairs. …
Legendary Watering Holes
The Saloons That Made Texas Famous
Av Nancy Hamilton, Richard F. Selcer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
352 kr
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Saloons, barrooms, honky-tonks, or watering holes - by whatever name, they are part of the mythology of the American West, and their stories are cocktails of legend and fact, as Richard Selcer, David Bowser, Nancy Hamilton, and Chuck Parsons demonstrate in these accounts of four legendary Texas …
Photographing Texas
The Swartz Brothers, 1880–1918
Inbunden, 2019
467 kr
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One of the most famous images in western history is a photograph of the Wild Bunch outlaw gang, also known as "The Fort Worth Five", featuring Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid, and three other members of the gang dressed to the nines and posing in front of a studio backdrop. This picture, taken by John …
