Legendary Watering Holes: The Saloons that Made Texas Famous (Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Saloons, barrooms, honky-tonks, or watering holesby 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 entertaining and informative accounts of four legendary Texas establishments.In most Western communities, the first saloon was built before the first church, and the drinking establishments far outnumbered the religious ones. Beyond their obvious functions, saloons served as community centers, polling places, impromptu courtrooms, and...
ISBN(s)
1585443360, 9781585443369
