John B. Armstrong Texas Ranger and pioneer ranchman - Parsons, Chuck (Texas A & M University Press, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index
Foreword / by Tobin Armstrong -- Preface -- Genesis of a fighting man -- Blood on the Palo Alto prairie -- Gunfire at Las Cuevas -- Engagement at Espantosa Lake -- John King Fisher again -- Facing the man killer -- Action in Round Rock -- Pioneer ranchman -- Rancher amid the rails -- Afterword / by Elmer Kelton -- Appendix A : John B. Armstrong and the Travis Rifles -- Appendix B : serving with McNelly -- Appendix C : serving under Hall -- Appendix D : Texas volunteer guard -- Appendix E : Armstrong family tree
As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas." Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancher's life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers