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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Denton, Texas :
University of North Texas Press,
2015.
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Edición: | Edition: First. |
Colección: | Frances B. Vick series ;
no. 15. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "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."