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Here, the spotlight is thrown on four celebrated saloons: Jack Harriss Saloon And Vaudeville Theater-San Antonio; Ben Dowells Saloon-El Paso; The Iron Front-Austin; The White Elephant-Fort Worth; Selcer and his coauthors start with the origins of each establishment and follow their stories until the last drink was served and the places closed down for good. They discuss all aspects of the business: the owners, the liquor provided, the entertainment, the troubling issues of segregation by race and gender, and the way order was maintained - if it was at all. Along the way they consider the ornate bar construction, old floor plans, the liquor suppliers, the attire of the gentlemen gamblers, the variety of casino games that emptied mens pockets, fatal shootings that occurred, and more. Vintage photos of the establishments, along with some of their more famous customers, further take the reader back to the Old West.
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Richard Selcer, a long-time adjunct professor of history at Cedar Valley College in Dallas, Texas, and at the International University in Vienna, Austria, lives in Fort Worth, Texas. David Bowser is now known as the "historical detective" of San Antonio, where he has lived for more than twenty-five years. Nancy Hamilton, a past president of Western Writers of America, lives in Texas. Chuck Parsons is the author of Captain L. H. McNelly - Texas Ranger. He lives in Luling, Texas.
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Saloons, barrooms, honky-tonks, or watering holes - by whatever name, they are part of the mythology of the American West, and their stories are cocktails of legend and fact, as Richard Selcer, David Bowser, Nancy Hamilton, and Chuck Parsons demonstrate in these accounts of four legendary Texas establishments.
