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Lone star lawmen : the second century of the Texas Rangers
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Title
Lone star lawmen : the second century of the Texas Rangers / Robert M. Utley.
ISBN
0195154444 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195154443 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
xiii, 400 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 08, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-390) and index.
Contents
Prologue
The border, 1910-1915
The "bandit war," 1915
The Big Bend, 1913-1919
Austin, 1918-1919
Pat Neff's "battles of peace," 1921-1925
Ma and Pa Ferguson, 1925-1927
Dan Moody, 1927-1931
Ross and Bill Sterling, 1931-1933
Return of the Fergusons, 1933-1935
The Department of Public Safety, 1935
DPS birth pangs, 1935-1938
Homer Garrison, 1938-1968
Gambling
and other distractions
Latino uprising
Change, 1965-1985
Highs and lows, 1970s
Highs and lows, 1980s
Highs and lows, 1990s
A summing-up.
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