Lone star lawmen : the second century of the Texas Rangers / Robert M. Utley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outlaws--Texas--Biography.

Outlaws.

Criminals--Texas--Biography.

Criminals.

Crime--Texas--History--20th century.

Crime.

Texas--History--20th century.

Texas.

Texas Rangers--History--20th century.

Texas Rangers.

Texas Rangers--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, Utley once again chronicles the daring exploits of the Rangers, this time as they bring justice to the twentieth-century West. Based on unprecedented access to Ranger archives, this fast-paced narrative stretches from the days of the Mexican Revolution (where atrocities against Mexican Americans marked the nadir of Ranger

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-15893-3

9786611158934

0-19-803516-0

OCLC:

476242860