Fort Worth Characters 2 Volume 10

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