Gene Rhea TuckerGene Rhea Tucker, originally from Killeen, Texas, earned the BA and MA degrees in history from Tarleton State University and the PhD in transatlantic history from the University of Texas at Arlington. While at Tarleton he was a graduate assistnt at the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas, a museum documenting the boomtown-turned-ghost town of Thurber. He is a professor at various institutions in Texas. Read More Read Less