Rusty Williams is the author of the forthcoming book Deadly Dallas: A History of Unfortunate Incidents and Grisly Fatalities (The History Press, 2021); as well as Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle (Texas A&M Press, 2016), which won the Oklahoma Book Award and was named 2016's Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society; My Old Confederate Home: A Respectable Place for Civil War Veterans (University Press of Kentucky, 2011); and Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s (Turner, 2010). Rusty regularly speaks to historical societies, book groups, and cultural gatherings; and contributes articles to historical magazines and journals.