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 35
עמוד 97
... force was reduced again in January 1877 , this time to three , reflecting the slower season and the city's continuing budgetary prob- lems . That same month a committee was formed , composed of Mar- shal Courtright and Mayor G. H. Day ...
... force was reduced again in January 1877 , this time to three , reflecting the slower season and the city's continuing budgetary prob- lems . That same month a committee was formed , composed of Mar- shal Courtright and Mayor G. H. Day ...
עמוד 145
... force was even harder . Black Fort Worthers were at the mercy of white officers who did not operate under the constraints imposed by modern civil rights legislation and enlightened attitudes . The city's police force had not always been ...
... force was even harder . Black Fort Worthers were at the mercy of white officers who did not operate under the constraints imposed by modern civil rights legislation and enlightened attitudes . The city's police force had not always been ...
עמוד 204
... force . He may have overplayed his hand when he pointed the finger at the lawmen as one of the causes of criminal immorality in Fort Worth . He certainly won no allies among the boys on the force by launching a one - man cam- paign ...
... force . He may have overplayed his hand when he pointed the finger at the lawmen as one of the causes of criminal immorality in Fort Worth . He certainly won no allies among the boys on the force by launching a one - man cam- paign ...
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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