Hell's Half Acre: The Life and Legend of a Red-Light District (Chisholm Trail, 9) - Hardcover

Selcer, Richard F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875650864 ISBN 13: 9780875650869

Publisher: Texas Christian Univ Pr, 1991

Synopsis

VG/VG, INSCRIBED TO SUZANNE AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 364 PAGES

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About the Author

Richard F. Selcer, a Fort Worth native, is the author of seven books on Western and Civil War history. He teaches history at Cedar Valley College in Dallas, at Tarrant County Community College, and at the International Christian University in Vienna, Austria.

From Library Journal

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. The bibliography includes many major secondary works, although Anne Butler's excellent Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery ( LJ 3/1/85) is unaccountably absent. Selcer's books would appeal to general and informed readers.
- Daniel Liestman, Seattle Pacific Univ.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas Christian Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0875650864
• ISBN 13: 9780875650869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380