OUR BOOKS
Wesley Women: Texas Wesleyan in the 1910s
Best Equipped and Most Loved: Texas Wesleyan's Second Decade 1901-1911
Best Equipped and Most Loved: Texas Wesleyan's Second Decade 1901-1911
Tumult found its way to Polytechnic, the little college on the hill in Fort Worth during the 1910s. Survival depended on a new vision and new energy, and few in Texas thought the college would make it. Yet a determined group of women took on the challenge, led by some dedicated men, and the birth of a college for women materialized. The fledgling school faced the same daunting conditions everyone faced from a worldwide war and epidemic. Would the women be strong enough to endure those conditions and save their college?
Best Equipped and Most Loved: Texas Wesleyan's Second Decade 1901-1911
Best Equipped and Most Loved: Texas Wesleyan's Second Decade 1901-1911
Best Equipped and Most Loved: Texas Wesleyan's Second Decade 1901-1911
Polytechnic College barely survived its first decade. Things weren’t looking good, but the trustees decide to give it one more chance. With a new president and a renewed spirit, the college begins to flourish. Gifted faculty and new buildings serve a booming student growth. Both triumphs and controversies abound. As they move out into the world, alums live out big stories wherever they go. Polytechnic appears to be poised at the threshold of greatness. But is it reality…or hubris? Book Two of the Texas Wesleyan University Decade by Decade Series.
Polytechnic Days: Texas Wesleyan's First Decade 1891-1901
Best Equipped and Most Loved: Texas Wesleyan's Second Decade 1901-1911
Polytechnic Days: Texas Wesleyan's First Decade 1891-1901
This book tells the story of the early years of Fort Worth's Polytechnic College, now Texas Wesleyan University. The reader is introduced to the many significant individuals who participated in the creation and development of the college during a difficult first decade. Along with biographical sketches, the book also provides information regarding daily life, social activities, sports, entrance requirements, and academic schedules associated with this time period. Numerous photographs reflecting both individuals and places associated with the school and community are included.
Amos McCall
Panther City: Stories of Crime Set in Fort Worth, Texas
Polytechnic Days: Texas Wesleyan's First Decade 1891-1901
A hanging. A shooting. A poisoning. Retired death investigator Amos McCall is on the case, assisting his life partner and District Attorney Investigator Joan Bozeman. Meet Amost McCall. Getting away with murder in Texas just got a lot harder.
Tom Fegan's third book is making waves across Texas. Don't miss out on this intriguing tale, or is it more than that?
The Clearing House
Panther City: Stories of Crime Set in Fort Worth, Texas
Panther City: Stories of Crime Set in Fort Worth, Texas
When young Joe Braddock initially joined the Marine Corps Reserves, his expectations were ruptured by internal corruption. Later recruited by the Federal Intelligence Bureau, he discovers corruption abounds everywhere and Government Intelligence is no different.
Some call them moles, sell-outs, or traitors. Braddock finds himself in the middle of such a web as former enemies appear. He and his team must band to extricate the problem as set forth in their agency: The Clearing House.
Panther City: Stories of Crime Set in Fort Worth, Texas
Panther City: Stories of Crime Set in Fort Worth, Texas
Panther City: Stories of Crime Set in Fort Worth, Texas
Problem sleeping at night? Unsuspecting prey. A quiet and tranquil predator. Do not awaken him.
Crime stories always attract readers.and Tom Fegan's first book is no exception. The local author, the former editor of his college's newspaper, completes his life long dream of being a published author.
A Private War
Tatiana's War: A Private War III
Andre's War: A Private War II
Set between the years 1930 and 1947, “A Private War” follows the intertwining lives of young soldiers, African American war correspondents, and contentious military attorneys. Tragically orphaned as a young child in Alabama, Andre Williams is raised with his best friend, Booker, and experiences youth in a small town filled with friendship, mischief, and romance. When African American soldiers are encouraged to participate in the war effort, the two young men enlist and are sent into the African and European arenas of World War II.
Andre's War: A Private War II
Tatiana's War: A Private War III
Andre's War: A Private War II
“A Private War II” continues the story of the unforgettable characters first introduced to readers in the 2016 novel “A Private War.” Although the war has ended, life at home has changed. Memories of battlefield and courtroom conflicts still haunt the soldiers, reporters, and lawyers and once again their lives intertwine. But this time, the men and women find themselves faced with danger from their own countrymen . . . culminating in a dramatic and fiery final climax.
Tatiana's War: A Private War III
Tatiana's War: A Private War III
Texas Jurist: The Life, Law and Legacy of B.D. Tarlton, by Perry Cockerell
Tatiana’s War - A Private War III is the final installment of the Private War trilogy, exploring the hearts and minds of the journalists following their return from World War II. All of the beloved characters from the previous novels return. Andre uncovers the possible existence of the Deep State, and Betty is back directing the eccentric play, "Fake News." Tatiana learns she must go to war to end the Deep State, while she also investigates the deadly fire of Andre’s childhood home and discovers the secret of the universe.Torn from today’s headlines, Tatiana’s War reflects issues of religion, fake news, politics, media, and music. The novel concludes with an explosive ending where dreams and reality finally merge.
Texas Jurist: The Life, Law and Legacy of B.D. Tarlton, by Perry Cockerell
Texas Jurist: The Life, Law and Legacy of B.D. Tarlton, by Perry Cockerell
Texas Jurist: The Life, Law and Legacy of B.D. Tarlton, by Perry Cockerell
Benjamin Dudley (B.D.) Tarlton served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives, one year as an Associate Justice on the Texas Commission of Appeals, one six-year term as the first Chief Justice of the Second Court of Civil Appeals in Fort Worth, and fifteen years as Professor of Law at the University of Texas.
This book is B.D. Tarlton’s story and that of his family, past and present. It is a search for the man who died over 100 years ago but is remembered as if he were alive today. This book is about religion, love, war, peace, conflict, law, and within all of this, there is a miracle.
Texas Jurist: The Life, Law and Legacy of B.D. Tarlton, by Perry Cockerell
Texas Jurist: The Life, Law and Legacy of B.D. Tarlton, by Perry Cockerell
Texas Jurist: The Life, Law and Legacy of B.D. Tarlton, by Perry Cockerell
No time to read the 344 page book?
Discover the abridged version of the fascinating life story of former Chief Justice B.D. Tarlton who became the first Chief Justice of the Second Court of Civil Appeals in Fort Worth, Texas.
OUR AUTHORS
Perry Cockerell
Perry Cockerell
Perry Cockerell
Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Perry Cockerell is a licensed practicing trial and appellate attorney with over forty years' experience in litigation. He is board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a member of the Judiciary and Legislative Committee of the Texas Land Title Association, and Co-Chair of the History Section of the Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas. He has written over fifty judicial profiles of Tarrant County trial and appellate justices for the Tarrant County Bar Association.
Risa Brown
Perry Cockerell
Perry Cockerell
This book tells the story of the early years of Fort Worth's Polytechnic College, now Texas Wesleyan University. The reader is introduced to the many significant individuals who participated in the creation and development of the college during a difficult first decade. Along with biographical sketches, the book also provides information regarding daily life, social activities, sports, entrance requirements, and academic schedules associated with this time period. Numerous photographs reflecting both individuals and places associated with the school and community are included.
Tom Fegan
Perry Cockerell
Tom Fegan
Since he began work as a boy at his family's downtown diner, Burger & Shake, Tom Fegan always wanted to be a writer. The customers all had interesting stories and he grew to love them, realizing Fort Worth was anything but a sleepy city. However, to be a writer, Tom felt one also had to experience life as well.
A graduate of Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth with a Business degree, Tom spent ten years in the steel industry. Finally settling in as a security officer, he also devoted time as a Marine Corps Reservist, a Martial Artist, as well as an actor in 4 B-grade action flicks.
Panther City is his first book. The tales are based on crimes that occurred in the Fort Worth area but are fictional.
