Yours to command: the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald
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1. Verfasser: Weiss, Harold J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Press c2009
Schriftenreihe:Frances B. Vick series no. 5
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Beschreibung:Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Indiana University, 1980
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-414) and index
List of maps and illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1. Emergence of a ranger officer. Introduction: Bill McDonald, the historical record, and the popular mind ; The making of a Texas lawman ; Captain Bill and Company B in the Panhandle ; A gunfight between two guardians of the law ; Proceed to El Paso: the Rangers and prizefighting ; A bank robbery in Wichita Falls -- Part 2. Waning days of the frontier battalion ; San Saba mob: a murder society ; Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus ; Humphries case: an East Texas lynching ; Finale of the Frontier Battalion -- Part 3. An aging lawman: highs and lows ; Forming a new Ranger force ; Conditt murder case: a study in detection ; Brownsville affair: a muddled incident ; Rio Grande city: the last stand ; The end comes: state revenue agent and other roles
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 436 p.)
ISBN:1441646426
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