John B. Armstrong: Texas Ranger and pioneer ranchman
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parsons, Chuck (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station Texas A & M University Press ©2007
Edition:1st ed
Series:Canseco-Keck history series no. 10
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 150 pages)
ISBN:1603444963
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