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Tracking the Texas Rangers : the twentieth century /

This is an anthology of fifteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts covering key topics of the Texas Rangers during the twentieth century. The task of determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accomplished for the benefit of the state is a difficu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Glasrud, Bruce A. (Editor ), Weiss, Harold J., Jr., 1932- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Frances B. Vick series ; no. 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Timeline : 20th century Texas Ranger history
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • In pursuit of the Texas Rangers : the twentieth century / Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr.
  • Bridging two centuries
  • Tales of the Texas Rangers / Robert M. Utley
  • Articles
  • Capt. Bill McDonald at Rio Grande City / Harold J. Weiss, Jr.
  • Cowboys and bandidos : authority and race in West Texas, 1913-1918 / Miguel A. Levario
  • Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution / Charles H. Harris, III and Louis R. Sadler
  • Dark days of the Texas Rangers, 1915-1918 / Paul N. Spellman
  • Establishing law and order in the oil fields : the 1924 Ranger raids in Navarro County, Texas / James R. Ward
  • The Sherman riot / Mike Cox
  • Bonnie and Clyde in Texas : the end of the Texas outlaw tradition / Mitchel Roth
  • The modernization of the Texas Rangers, 1933-1936 / Stephen W. Schuster, IV
  • Science against the criminal : Captain M.T. Gonzaullas / Brownson Malsch
  • Ranger Arthur Hill in Dallas / S.E. Spinks
  • The modern Texas Rangers : a law-enforcement dilemma in the Rio Grande Valley / Ben H. Procter
  • Homicides and questionable deaths : a window into the method / H. Joaquin Jackson with James L. Haley
  • Captain Barry Caver on the Republic of Texas standoff / Barry Caver with Robert Nieman
  • Law of the land / Pamela Colloff.