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Riding Lucifer's Line : Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border /
The Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is-or at least can be-risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Frances B. Vick series ;
no. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is-or at least can be-risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for over one hundred forty years before them did, today's Texas Rangers continue to battle violence and transnational criminals along the Texas-Mexico border." In Riding Lucifer's Line, Bob Alexander, in his characteristic storytelling style, surveys the personal tragedies of twenty-five Texas Rangers who made th |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 404 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781574415131 1574415131 1299610730 9781299610736 |