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Lone star lawmen : the second century of the Texas Rangers /

Hailed as "a rip-snortin', six-guns-blazin' saga of good guys and bad guys who were sometimes one and the same," Robert M. Utley's Lone Star Justice captured the colorful first century of Texas Ranger history. Now, in the eagerly anticipated conclusion, Lone Star Lawmen, Utl...

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Основен автор: Utley, Robert M., 1929-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Lone star lawmen.
Съдържание:
  • 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.