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Author Selcer, Richard F.

Title Fort Worth characters / by Richard Selcer.

Publication Info. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2009]
©2009

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (vi, 288 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and index.
Contents The curious story of Brevet Major Ripley Arnold -- Legendary Marshal Timothy Isaiah Courtright -- Hagar Tucker: Fort Worth's black policeman -- Marshal Sam Farmer: Fort Worth's first professional peace officer -- Al Hayne: the people's hero -- The strange case of Maggie Tewmey -- Black sheep Jeff Daggett -- Quanah Parker: Fort Worth's adopted native son -- Wayward policeman Thomas Finch -- Crazy Mary Rea: "a real corker" -- Madam Mary Porter: Mary, Mary quite contrary -- James W. Swayne: straight-arrow judge.
Note Print version record.
Summary Features stories that add fresh perspectives to the familiar Fort Worth story, revealing how the law worked in old days and what life was like for persons of color and for women living in a man's world.
Subject Fort Worth (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Fort Worth (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Texas -- Fort Worth. (OCoLC)fst01204692
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Biography -- Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423690
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Selcer, Richard F. Fort Worth characters. 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2009 9781574412741 (DLC) 2009019433 (OCoLC)321047841
ISBN 9781441678690 (electronic bk.)
1441678697 (electronic bk.)
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