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Fort Worth Characters 2 Volume 10

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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 famous when they came to Fort Worth. Others, like "Stutterin' Sam" Dowell, were "discovered" here before going on to fame and fortune on the national stage. How about a character who might have been the inspiration for detective Nancy Drew? Or a female reporter who was the first American to score an interview with the president of Mexico? How about a husband-wife pair who might have been the first African American "power couple"? Or an abortion doctor convicted at trial in Fort Worth in 1913? These and more are covered in the pages of Fort Worth Characters 2.
Richard F. Selcer is a native Fort Worther who holds a PhD from TCU and has authored several UNT Press titles, including Fort Worth Stories; Fort Worth Characters; A History of Fort Worth in Black & White: 165 Years of African-American Life; and (with Kevin Foster) volumes 1 and 2 of Written in Blood: The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen.
"This sparkling book brings to vivid life infamous Fort Worth characters like married Mayor Williams S. Pendleton, who had an affair with a 19-year-old girl, and some who should be famous, like Sammie Howard, undercover cop. Historian Richard Selcer's stories about Fort Worth's first Chinese entrepreneurs, the African American power couple Manet Harrison and James Fowler, and little-known Black hero Jesse Williams of the Spring Palace Fire are especially good. Selcer again showcases his writing and research par excellence skills."--Richard J. Gonzales, author of Raza Rising
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