Richard F. Selcer
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Richard F. Selcer

Richard Selcer is a Fort Worth-based historian who has written and taught history for more than 50 years. He was born in Fort Worth the same year Leonard's Dept. Store installed the city's first escalator. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Austin College in history and education respectively, and his Ph.D. from Texas Christian University.

His first book, Hell's Half-Acre (TCU Press, 1991) is the all-time best seller in TCU Press history. He has since written 15 more books with the latest being Fort Worth Characters 2 (UNT Press, 2025). He has also written histories of Fort Worth's black community and a young people's history of Fort Worth. Other books are 3 Civil War titles, 2 of those on Confederate General George Pickett and the third a reference work in the Almanac of American Life series.

In addition to his books, Selcer has also published more than 50 magazine and journal articles on military and Western history topics. And since 2019 he has written regular columns on "Fort Worth History" for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Selcer's teaching stops include Tarrant County College, Dallas County Community College, Weatherford College, Yankton College (South Dakota), and Cottey College (Missouri). He also taught on and off overseas for many years -- in Austria, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Bulgaria.

Selcer won his first writing award for Hell's Half-acre, which was the runner-up for the Western Writers of America Spur Award (1993). In 2024 he was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame, which comes with his own star in Fort Worth's historic Stockyards. Also in 2024 he won a Will Rogers Memorial Award for Fort Worth, TX.: That's My Town! (TCU Press).

Most of his books are available through Amazon. You can contact him directly through either UNT Press (Denton, TX.) or TCU Press (Fort Worth, TX.).
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