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"Pidge," Texas Ranger / Chuck Parsons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parsons, Chuck.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peace officers--Texas--Biography.
- Peace officers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Biography.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Texas--Biography.
- Texas.
- Texas Rangers--Biography.
- Texas Rangers.
- Robinson, T. C., 1846?-1876.
- Robinson, T. C.
- Robinson, T. C., 1846?-1876--Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thomas C. (Pidge) Robinson came to Texas from Virginia at the age of 27, fleeing a feud with a neighbor who opposed Robinson's amorous intentions toward the neighbor's sister. He joined the Texas Rangers in 1874, serving with legendary Capt. Leander H. McNelly's Washington County Volunteer Militia Company A. He earned the rank of first lieutenant in this Texas Ranger company. Two years later he returned to Virginia to avenge his honor and claim the woman he loved. A learned and witty writer who sent back letters, poems, and reports for publication in Aus
- Contents:
- The Austin letters
- Pidge and the Dewitt County feud
- Pidge and the Rio Grande frontier
- The last gunfight.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60344-997-3
- OCLC:
- 841229555
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