John B. Armstrong : Texas Ranger and pioneer ranchman /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2007.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Canseco-Keck history series ;
no. 10. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.