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 23
עמוד 115
... changed jobs one more time , signing on as a ranch foreman for his old friend and former commanding officer , John Logan . Courtright earned his pay from Logan not by bossing cowhands but by intimidating squatters and rustlers who ...
... changed jobs one more time , signing on as a ranch foreman for his old friend and former commanding officer , John Logan . Courtright earned his pay from Logan not by bossing cowhands but by intimidating squatters and rustlers who ...
עמוד 146
... changed and legal action closed down the roughest dance joints . The cowboy had been the biggest customer of the dance halls when the trail drives held Fort Worth's economy in thrall . But the trail drives had declined rapidly since ...
... changed and legal action closed down the roughest dance joints . The cowboy had been the biggest customer of the dance halls when the trail drives held Fort Worth's economy in thrall . But the trail drives had declined rapidly since ...
עמוד 267
... changed over its twenty - five years ? The following reminiscence by an old - timer , told many years after an 1899 ... changed over the years . It may not have improved much , but it had changed . Some of the people associated with ...
... changed over its twenty - five years ? The following reminiscence by an old - timer , told many years after an 1899 ... changed over the years . It may not have improved much , but it had changed . Some of the people associated with ...
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 |
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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