Tracking the Texas Rangers : the nineteenth century / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr.

Tracking the Texas Rangers : the nineteenth century /

An anthology of sixteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts, arranged in chronological history, covering key topics of the intrepid and sometimes controversial law officers named the Texas Rangers. Determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accompl...

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Other Authors: Glasrud, Bruce A., Weiss, Harold J., Jr., 1932-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2012.
Series:Frances B. Vick series ; no. 10.
Subjects:
Texas Rangers > History > 19th century.
Law enforcement > Texas > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Texas > History > Republic, 1836-1846.
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : in pursuit of the Texas Rangers : the nineteenth century / Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr
  • Encomium : bad day at Round Rock / Bob Boze Bell and Rick Miller
  • Texas Rangers revisited : old themes and new viewpoints / Harold J. Weiss, Jr
  • "Valor, wisdom and experience" : early Texas Rangers and the nature of frontier leadership / Stephen L Hardin
  • The great Comanche raid of 1840 / Donaly E. Brice
  • The deadly colts on Walker's Creek / Stephen L. Moore
  • Los diablos tejanos / Stephen B. Oates
  • The Callahan expedition / Michael L. Collins
  • Rip Ford's Indian fight on the Canadian / W.J. Hughes
  • Rangers, "Rip" Ford, and the Cortina War / Richard B. McCaslin
  • Hispanic texas Rangers contribute to peace on the Texas frontier, 1838-1880 / David E. Screws
  • The "battle" at Pease River and the question of reliable sources in the recapture of Cynthia Ann Parker / Paul H. Carlson and Tom Crum
  • Capturing the grand mogul (John Wesley Hardin) / Leon Metz
  • Rangers and mounties defending the cattleman's empire / Andrew R. Graybill
  • Rangers of the last frontier of Texas / James M. Day
  • The Jesse Evans Gang and the death of Texas Ranger George R. Bingham / Chuck Parsons
  • The struggle for the individual and the union, 1888-1903 / Marilyn D. Rhinehart
  • The Texas Rangers: a selected bibliography / Harold J. Weiss, Jr. and Bruce A. Glasrud.

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