Texas Rangers

A Century of Frontier Defense

AvWalter Prescott Webb

Häftad, Engelska, 1965

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Webb's classic history of the Texas Rangers has been popular ever since its first publication in 1935. This edition is a reproduction of the original Houghton Mifflin edition.

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Utgivningsdatum:1965-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 43 mm
Vikt:907 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Texas Classics
Antal sidor:608
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292781108

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Walter Prescott Webb (1888–1963) was a historian of the American West.

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ForewordAcknowledgmentsThey Rode Straight Up to Death: A PrefaceI. Texas: A Conflict of CivilizationsII. Out of the RevolutionIII. The Rangers and the RepublicIV. From Cherokee to ComancheV. The Captain Comes: John C. HaysVI. The Texas Rangers in the Mexican WarVII. First Years in the UnionVIII. The Bloody Years, 1858-1859IX. The Cortinas War on the Rio GrandeX. Sam Houston's Grand PlanXI. The State PoliceXII. McNelly and His Men in Southwest TexasXIII. McNelly and the War of Las CuevasXIV. McNelly's Successors: Lee Hall and John ArmstrongXV. The Frontier Battalion: Major John B. JonesXVI. The El Paso Salt WarXVII. Sam Bass: Texas's Beloved BanditXVIII. The End of the Indian Trail: The Rangers in the Far WestXIX. The Closed Frontier: Last Services of the Frontier BattalionXX. The Texas Rangers in the Twentieth CenturyXXI. Revolution, World War, and ProhibitionXXII. Frank Hamer: Modern Texas RangerXXIII. Some Adventures of a Ranger HistorianBibliographyIndex