Hell's Half Acre: The Life and Legend of a Red-light DistrictTexas Christian University Press, 1991 - 364 עמודים The red-light district of Fort Worth, Texas began its colorful history with the cattle drives of the 1870s and lingered on through World War I. The ``Acre,'' according to this entertaining account, supported a variety of vices, notably drinking, gambling, and prostitution. It also played host to the Wild Bunch, Sam Bass, and other colorful characters. This lively and readable work suffers from a repetitive text and some minor factual errors. For example, ``Squirrel-tooth Alice,'' a well-known bawd, acquired her moniker on account of her pet, not her appearance. Due to a paucity of local sources, the author relies on ``scholarly imagination'' and accounts of other tenderloins. |
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תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 60
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... trail town and ask the first citizen he met , " Where's the Acre ? " and the locals would know exactly what he was talking about.4 Several theories can be advanced to explain the origin of the name Hell's Half Acre . One of the ...
... trail town and ask the first citizen he met , " Where's the Acre ? " and the locals would know exactly what he was talking about.4 Several theories can be advanced to explain the origin of the name Hell's Half Acre . One of the ...
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... Trail , herds entered from the south and went north on what is now Commerce Street . For the first few years the street did not even have a name ; it was considered more an extension of the trail than a city street proper . Later , as ...
... Trail , herds entered from the south and went north on what is now Commerce Street . For the first few years the street did not even have a name ; it was considered more an extension of the trail than a city street proper . Later , as ...
עמוד 282
... Trail did not come as far south as Fort Worth ; it only crossed the Oklahoma Territory starting at the Red River . South of the Red River it merged with several " feeder trails , " one of which came through Fort Worth . However , to the ...
... Trail did not come as far south as Fort Worth ; it only crossed the Oklahoma Territory starting at the Red River . South of the Red River it merged with several " feeder trails , " one of which came through Fort Worth . However , to the ...
תוכן
Cowboy Capers or Dress and Delight Days I | 1 |
The Wages of Sin Are A Damned Sight Better | 33 |
Better Undressed Than Unarmed | 57 |
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Hell's Half Acre: The Life and Legend of a Red-light District <span dir=ltr>Richard F. Selcer</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1991 |
Hell's Half Acre: The Life and Legend of a Red-Light District <span dir=ltr>Richard F. Selcer</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1991 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Acre's April arrested Bass Bat Masterson Butch Cassidy cattle Chisholm Trail citizens city council city marshal city's cow towns cowboys Daggett dance halls district Dodge City drinking election end of town Etta Place famous Fannie Porter February Fort Worth Star-Telegram frontier gamblers gambling gang girls Gunfighters Harvey Logan Heck Thomas Hell's Half Acre historian History Hotel houses Ibid jail Jim Courtright Kansas later legend lived Luke Short madam Main Street never newspaper night Old Fort Worth ordinance outlaw Paddock Pinkerton police prostitutes railroad record reform reported reputation robberies Rusk Street saloon Sam Bass San Antonio September sporting story Sundance Tarrant County Tarrant County Criminal Texas Writers Theater Timothy Courtright took train uptown western White Elephant Wild Bunch William Worth City Directories Worth Daily Democrat Worth Daily Gazette Worth Democrat Worth Public Library Worth Star-Telegram Wyatt Earp