Cargando…

Six-shooters and shifting sands : the Wild West life of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones /

Many well-read students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who died on the Texas-Mexico border in a shootout with Mexican rustlers. In Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands, Bob Alexander has now penned the first full-leng...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alexander, Bob, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2015.
Edición:Edition: First.
Colección:Frances B. Vick series ; no. 15.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ma 4500
001 EBSCO_ocn905564351
003 OCoLC
005 20231017213018.0
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||nn|n
008 141111s2015 txu ob 001 0 eng d
040 |a P@U  |b eng  |e pn  |c P@U  |d OCLCO  |d E7B  |d YDXCP  |d COO  |d IDEBK  |d EBLCP  |d N$T  |d OCLCA  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCQ  |d IDB  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCQ  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCA  |d INT  |d AU@  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ 
019 |a 905996908 
020 |a 9781574416015  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 1574416014  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 9781574415926  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |z 1574415921 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000062423690 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 452538955 
035 |a (OCoLC)905564351  |z (OCoLC)905996908 
043 |a n-us-tx 
050 4 |a F391  |b .A28 2015 
072 7 |a BUS  |x 032000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a SOC  |x 000000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 363.2092  |a B  |2 23 
049 |a UAMI 
100 1 |a Alexander, Bob,  |d 1943-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Six-shooters and shifting sands :  |b the Wild West life of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones /  |c Bob Alexander ; foreword by Chief Kirby W. Dendy, Texas Rangers. 
250 |a Edition: First. 
260 |a Denton, Texas :  |b University of North Texas Press,  |c 2015. 
300 |a 1 online resource 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a Number 15 in the Francis B. Vick series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a "Dragged to the ground lanced and scalped" -- "Beneath the heel of an indignant legislature" -- "We fought under the black flag" -- "Several shots and run him into the river" -- "Sworn enemy to Rangers and sheriffs" -- "Sixty thousand dollars to spend" -- "Most bold, high-handed murder" -- "Damnable act of savagery" -- "He caught for a pistol" -- "A strong undercurrent of excitement" -- "By God, they will never come back" -- "Just plain legal assassination" -- "The shooting was promiscuous and lively" -- "We have been compelled to do some killing" -- "Boys, I am killed." 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
520 |a Many well-read students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who died on the Texas-Mexico border in a shootout with Mexican rustlers. In Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands, Bob Alexander has now penned the first full-length biography of this important nineteenth-century Texas Ranger. At an early age Frank Jones, a native Texan, would become a Frontier Battalion era Ranger. His enlistment with the Rangers coincided with their transition from Indian fighters to lawmen. While serving in the Frontier Battalion officers. 
590 |a eBooks on EBSCOhost  |b EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide 
600 1 0 |a Jones, Frank,  |d 1856-1893. 
610 2 0 |a Texas Rangers.  |b Frontier Battalion.  |b Company D  |v Biography. 
600 1 7 |a Jones, Frank,  |d 1856-1893.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01958394 
610 2 7 |a Texas Rangers.  |b Frontier Battalion.  |b Company D.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01929501 
650 0 |a Frontier and pioneer life  |z Texas. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Infrastructure.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SOCIAL SCIENCE  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Frontier and pioneer life.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00935370 
651 7 |a Texas.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01210336 
655 7 |a Biographies.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Alexander, Bob.  |t Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands : The Wild West Life of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones.  |d Denton : University of North Texas Press, ©2015  |z 9781574415926 
830 0 |a Frances B. Vick series ;  |v no. 15. 
856 4 0 |u https://ebsco.uam.elogim.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=969245  |z Texto completo 
938 |a EBL - Ebook Library  |b EBLB  |n EBL1992280 
938 |a ebrary  |b EBRY  |n ebr11034714 
938 |a EBSCOhost  |b EBSC  |n 969245 
938 |a ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection  |b IDEB  |n cis30300741 
938 |a Project MUSE  |b MUSE  |n muse42127 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 12350299 
994 |a 92  |b IZTAP