Into the Archive: Deadly Dallas with Rusty Williams

Go “into the archive” of the Dallas History and Archives Division by listening to historian and author Rusty Williams speak about his book Deadly Dallas: A History of Unfortunate Incidents and Grisly Fatalities, as part of the “Into the Archive” speaker series. Rusty will tell the stories of individuals who didn’t fare well at a time when technologies were shifting, and Dallas was experiencing explosive growth. Darkly humorous and sometimes tragic, these stories provide a warning of how we might choose to cope with the future.

Rusty Williams writes about history through the stories of the people who lived it. He is the author of five nonfiction books, four on Texas topics.

Rusty is also the author of Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle (Texas A&M Press, 2016), My Old Confederate Home: A Respectable Place for Civil War Veterans (University Press of Kentucky, 2011), and Historic Photos of Dallas in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s (Turner, 2010). He regularly speaks to historical societies, book groups, and cultural gatherings and writes articles for historical magazines and journals.

This program was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. 

This program is available in person and online.