One ranger : a memoir / H. Joaquin Jackson and David Marion Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, H. Joaquin, 1935-

Contributor:

Wilkinson, D. Marion.

Series:

Bridwell Texas history series.

Bridwell Texas history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas Rangers--Biography.

Texas Rangers.

Jackson, H. Joaquin, 1935-.

Jackson, H. Joaquin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly , Joaquin Jackson became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers.Nick Nolte modeled his character in the movie Extreme Prejudice on him.Jackson even had a speaking part of his own in The Good Old Boys with Tommy Lee Jones.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter One: Ice in August: Life in the Time It Never Rained-in Three Parts, 1935-1953""; ""Chapter Two: Rider through the Storm: In Four Parts, 1950-1966""; ""Chapter Three: Order before Law""; ""Chapter Four: The Ghost and the Great Bear Hunt, 1967""; ""Chapter Five: The Reconquest of Aztlan: An Angel on My Ass, 1972""; ""Chapter Six: The Things I Carried (With Apologies to Tim O'Brien) 1966-1993""; ""Chapter Seven: For Love and Horses: The Manhunt for the "See More Kid" 1967""

""Chapter Eight: Earth, Fire, Water, and Blood: I: (Ockham's Razor and the Devil's Swing): The Colorado Canyon Shootings, 1988""""Chapter Nine: Earth, Fire, Water, and Blood: II: (Ockham's Razor and the Devil's Swing): The Colorado Canyon Shootings, 1988""; ""Chapter Ten: My Heroes Have Always Been Rangers: The Captain, 1969""; ""Chapter Eleven: A Goat and a Guitar: The Story of a Texas Country Music Star, 1969-2004""; ""Chapter Twelve: Just Folks: Me and the Mujahedin: (The Seven Tribes and a Crowd of One) 1987""; ""Chapter Thirteen: My Heroes Have Always Been Rangers: Just a Ranger, 1987""

""Chapter Fourteen: Desperadoes and Dumbasses, 1966-1993""""Chapter Fifteen: With Friends Like These: La Puerta and the Damage Done, 1990""; ""Chapter Sixteen: Moving Pictures, 1986-2004""; ""Chapter Seventeen: A Slow, Cold Rain: 1990-This Very Day""; ""Chapter Eighteen: Saddle My Pony, Boys . . . A Farewell to Arms, 1993""; ""Chapter Nineteen: El Último Grito: For a Hundred More: (With a Nod to Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon) 2005""; ""Appendix One: In Black and White: Career Statistics""; ""Appendix Two: Letter from the Reverend""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-292-79492-4

OCLC:

1352034102