Back Door Books

06/16/2020

Well said by Mr Buchanan. Refutes the hateful epithet “traitor” thrown at the Southerners by contemptible liberals.

Liberals will fight for the right of Marxist radicals to burn the American flag to show their hatred of it but cannot tolerate working folks flying the battle flag of the Confederacy to show their love of it.

04/07/2020

Another zinger from David Cole at takimag.com

The same hoarding du*****es succumbing to hysteria over the thought of “not having stuff” made the conscious choice to vote for a guy who pledged to allow criminals to steal their stuff.

09/28/2019

Google has it wrong: Back Door Books is Barber’s Bookstore. Same bookstore. We went by two names for years but now we’re going by the original name only. We add new facebook posts every weekend at Barber’s Bookstore. Yelp doesn’t know about us either, nor does Google maps, despite being the oldest bookstore in Texas (1925), and in this location since 1955. M-F 11-3, Sat 11-4, Sun 1-5, 901 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 )817)336-1021, barbersbookstore.com and on facebook, new fb stories every weekend. -Brian Perkins Jr

08/17/2019

Thank you Fort Worth. The Perkins family thanks you for your many kind wishes and prayers upon the death of our beloved father Brian Perkins Sr on August 4th. We were deeply moved by the outpouring of affection for Dad. We are again open for business. One announcement: We went by two names for the last few years: Barber’s Bookstore and Back Door Books. Henceforth we are just Barber’s Bookstore. We’ll continue to make facebook posts from the Barber’s Bookstore account. Thanks, Brian Perkins Jr

08/04/2019

Our own father has taken his place among the angels today. Many knew him as “Mr Barber” but he was Brian Perkins Sr who bought the book store in 1960. As a young marine he fought in Korea and later had four children. We will open again next Sunday.

07/27/2019

Tales from the book trade #17: Our thieves. This framed print featured a Texas map & Texas currency in our balcony. Both reproductions. The thief thought the Texas currency was real, tore off the backing & pulled out the Republic of Texas $1, $5, & $10 bills on the left. Thank you, thieves. We hope to see you Saturday 11-4 or Sunday 1-5.

07/27/2019

Tales from the book trade #16: Dad’s sense of humor. Sorry, philosophers. Free in our philosophy section.

07/21/2019

Tales from inventory #42: Adventure’s a W***h. The autobiography of Charles Veil. Published 1934. Veil flew with the Lafayette Escadrille in ww1. Mr Veil had me believing his lively war stories until almost the last page. He claimed to have gotten drunk and flown his airplane through the Arch de Triomphe during the victory parade in Paris July 14th 1919. Another show of hands here: Who thinks he actually did this? Don’t you think this outrage would have gained at least a mention in a newspaper? He would have been risking the lives of scores of people and enraging at least one head of state. You have to go back to Baron von Munchausen to find a liar in this man’s league. No I will not sell you my copy. We hope to see you Saturday 11-4 or Sunday 1-5.

07/21/2019

Tales from inventory #41: Wise Guys by Nicholas Pileggi. A true story. Organized crime & civic responsibility Part 2. So Henry Hill & a fellow career criminal were on their way to Florida on some nefarious errand for the mafia. They decided to stop for the night in a little town in Georgia. The local criminals recognized them somehow. In a heart warming example of ethnic cooperation they called the cops. In less than an hour the cops were banging on their motel door & directing them to find accommodation in another town. Hurrah for Dixie. Think about it: If you’re the criminal kingpin of some small town, do you really want to take a meeting with the mafia? We hope to see you Saturday 11-4 or Sunday 1-5.

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07/20/2019

Tales from the book trade #15: You may recognize this lady in the brown hat from over our door. My dad bought the small oil painting some years ago and has refused offers to buy it since. Local artist Kerri Menchaca (kerrismenchaca.com) spotted it & recognized it for a painting she had done as a young woman. The jackalope drawing is from the back of her business card. Another first for our shop. We hope to see you Saturday 11-4 or Sunday 1-5.

07/20/2019

Tales from inventory #40: Wise Guys by Nicholas Pileggi. Part 1. A true story. One of the more interesting biographies of a professional criminal one Henry Hill by name. Two tales of organized crime & civic responsibility in the book did not make it into Mr Scorsese’s movie: 1) The local mafia in Brooklyn I think gained community support by keeping street crime out of their neighborhood. Late one night they saw a young woman of their acquaintance walking home from work to her apartment in a modest four story walkup. Then they noticed a young man following her, clearly not from the neighborhood. With misgivings they followed him. Sure enough when the girl let herself into the building they saw him rush through the door behind her. They rushed in after him just in time to pull him off the young woman. Then they dragged him up the stairs and launched him off the roof of the building head first. Started reading this book one evening & couldn’t put it down until about 4 am!the next morning. In our true crime section if we didn’t sell it. The other story tomorrow. We hope to see you today, Saturday 11-4 or Sunday 1-5.