Format:
Online-Ressource (xxvi, 404 p)
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Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Santa Fe, Arg e-libro 2013 Recurso electronico; Disponible via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781574414998
Series Statement:
Number 11 in the Frances B. Vick series v.11
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CONTENTS; Foreword by Byron A. Johnson, Executive DirectorTexas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum; Preface & Acknowledgments; Introduction to Part I: The Frontier Battalion Era, 1874-1901; Part I Photo GalleryTexas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum; Chapter 1 Sonny Smith, 1875; Chapter 2 John E. McBride and Conrad E. Mortimer,1877; Chapter 3 Samuel "Sam" Frazier, 1878; Chapter 4 George R. "Red" Bingham, 1880; Chapter 5 Frank Sieker, 1885; Chapter 6 Charles H. V. Fusselman, 1890; Chapter 7 John F. Gravis, 1890; Chapter 8 Robert E. Doaty, 1892; Chapter 9 Frank Jones, 1893
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Chapter 10 Joseph McKidrict, 1894Chapter 11 Ernest St. Leon, 1898; Introduction to Part II: The Ranger Force Era, 1901-1935; Part II Photo GalleryTexas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum; Chapter 12 W. Emmett Robuck, 1902; Chapter 13 Thomas Jefferson Goff, 1905; Chapter 14 Quirl Bailey Carnes, 1910; Chapter 15 Grover Scott Russell, 1913; Chapter 16 Eugene B. Hulen, 1915; Chapter 17 Robert Lee Burdett , 1915; Chapter 18 William P. Stillwell, 1918; Chapter 19 Joe Robert Shaw, 1918; Chapter 20 Lenn T. Sadler, 1918; Chapter 21 Delbert "Tim" Timberlake, 1918; Chapter 22 T. E. Paul Perkins, 1918
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Chapter 23 William M. Alsobrook, 1919Chapter 24 Joseph B. Buchanan, 1921; Afterword; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
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Recurso electronico; Disponible via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781574415131
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781574414998
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Riding Lucifer's Line : Ranger Deaths Along the Texas-Mexico Border
Language:
English
