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Winchester Warriors : Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901

By: Alexander, Bob.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: eBooks on Demand.Frances B. Vick Series: Publisher: Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2009Description: 1 online resource (418 p.).ISBN: 9781574413557.Subject(s): Law enforcement --Texas --History --19th century | Texas --History --1846-1950 | Texas Rangers. --Frontier Battalion. --Company D --HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Winchester Warriors : Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901DDC classification: 976.4/05 Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Contents:
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 "A carnival of crime and corruption"; Chapter 2 "A big six-shooter and a good horse"; Chapter 3 "I'm shot, sure as hell"; Chapter 4 "I was acting the fool kid"; Chapter 5 "As yet they've harmed no good men"; Chapter 6 "They'd killed every damn one of us"; Chapter 7 "Buckskin officials in full blast"; Chapter 8 "Or borrow from some of the men"; Chapter 9 "Walked into his own trap"; Chapter 10 "Got drunk often, and stayed drunk long"; Chapter 11 "Smoke boiled from that gentleman's gun"; Chapter 12 "A deplorable mistake on both sides"
Chapter 13 "A dynamite cartridge under the saloon"Chapter 14 "Compelled to do some killing"; Chapter 15 "But such is life in the far west"; Chapter 16 "Wants us in the parade"; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
Summary: The Texas Rangers were institutionally birthed in 1874 with the formation of the Frontier Battalion. They were tasked with interdicting Indian incursions into the frontier settlements and dealing with the lawlessness running rampant throughout Texas. This book presents an assessment of Company D and its colorful cadre of Texas Rangers.
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Online 		F391.A32 2009 (Browse shelf) http://uttyler.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=595903 Available EBL595903

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 "A carnival of crime and corruption"; Chapter 2 "A big six-shooter and a good horse"; Chapter 3 "I'm shot, sure as hell"; Chapter 4 "I was acting the fool kid"; Chapter 5 "As yet they've harmed no good men"; Chapter 6 "They'd killed every damn one of us"; Chapter 7 "Buckskin officials in full blast"; Chapter 8 "Or borrow from some of the men"; Chapter 9 "Walked into his own trap"; Chapter 10 "Got drunk often, and stayed drunk long"; Chapter 11 "Smoke boiled from that gentleman's gun"; Chapter 12 "A deplorable mistake on both sides"

Chapter 13 "A dynamite cartridge under the saloon"Chapter 14 "Compelled to do some killing"; Chapter 15 "But such is life in the far west"; Chapter 16 "Wants us in the parade"; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

The Texas Rangers were institutionally birthed in 1874 with the formation of the Frontier Battalion. They were tasked with interdicting Indian incursions into the frontier settlements and dealing with the lawlessness running rampant throughout Texas. This book presents an assessment of Company D and its colorful cadre of Texas Rangers.

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