Legendary Watering Holes. The Saloons That Made Texas Famous

SELCER, RICHARD [COMPILED & EDITED BY]

Publication: Texas A & M University Press, 2004, College Station

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in silver gilt on the spine, brown endpapers, viii, 307 [1] pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, chapter end notes, epilogue, index. Focus is on four Texas saloons, Jack Harris's Vaudeville Saloon and Theater in San Antonio; Ben Dowell's Saloon in El Paso; the Iron Front of Austin; and the White Elephant of Fort Worth. Notable events are recounted including fatal shootings, use as public meeting halls, impromptu court rooms, community centers, polling places, etc., and forms of entertainment are described with care and verve. As New in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 51327