Riding Lucifer's Line : Ranger Deaths along the Texas-Mexico Border /

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Alexander, Bob, 1943-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2013.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Texas Rangers.
Texas Rangers > Biography.
Texas Rangers > History > 20th century.
Texas Rangers > History > 19th century.
Law enforcement.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Lois > Application > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Lois > Application > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Gardiens de la paix > Mortalite > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine.
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
Peace officers > Mortality > Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Texas > Histoire > 1846-1950.
Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
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Résumé: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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (464 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781574415131

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