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Author : Brownson Malsch
Release : 1998
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 163/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, Texas Ranger by : Brownson Malsch
Download or read book "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, Texas Ranger written by Brownson Malsch. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain M. T. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas, 1st ed. includes bibliographical references index.
Author : Robert W. Stephens
Release : 1979
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Lone Wolf, the Story of Texas Ranger Captain M. T. Gonzaullas by : Robert W. Stephens
Download or read book Lone Wolf, the Story of Texas Ranger Captain M. T. Gonzaullas written by Robert W. Stephens. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Darren L. Ivey
Release : 2021-07-15
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Book Synopsis The Ranger Ideal Volume 3 by : Darren L. Ivey
Download or read book The Ranger Ideal Volume 3 written by Darren L. Ivey. This book was released on 2021-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service that has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. Thirty-one individuals--whose lives span more than two centuries--have been enshrined in the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 3, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the twelve inductees who served Texas in the twentieth century. In the first portion of the book, Ivey describes the careers of the "Big Four" Ranger captains--Will L. Wright, Frank Hamer, Tom R. Hickman, and Manuel "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas--as well as those of Charles E. Miller and Marvin "Red" Burton. Ivey then moves into the mid-century and discusses Robert A. Crowder, John J. Klevenhagen, Clinton T. Peoples, and James E. Riddles. Ivey concludes with Bobby Paul Doherty and Stanley K. Guffey, both of whom gave their lives in the line of duty. Using primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, The Ranger Ideal presents the true stories of these intrepid men who enforced the law with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 3 is the finale in a three-volume series covering all of the Texas Rangers inducted in the Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas.
Author : David Courtney
Release : 2017-04-25
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 978/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Texanist by : David Courtney
Download or read book The Texanist written by David Courtney. This book was released on 2017-04-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.
Author : Doug J. Swanson
Release : 2021-06-08
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 879/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cult of Glory by : Doug J. Swanson
Download or read book Cult of Glory written by Doug J. Swanson. This book was released on 2021-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers.” —The New York Times Book Review A twenty-first century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic moments while also documenting atrocities, brutality, oppression, and corruption The Texas Rangers came to life in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico. Nearly 200 years later, the Rangers are still going--one of the most famous of all law enforcement agencies. In Cult of Glory, Doug J. Swanson has written a sweeping account of the Rangers that chronicles their epic, daring escapades while showing how the white and propertied power structures of Texas used them as enforcers, protectors and officially sanctioned killers. Cult of Glory begins with the Rangers' emergence as conquerors of the wild and violent Texas frontier. They fought the fierce Comanches, chased outlaws, and served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. As Texas developed, the Rangers were called upon to catch rustlers, tame oil boomtowns, and patrol the perilous Texas-Mexico border. In the 1930s they began their transformation into a professionally trained police force. Countless movies, television shows, and pulp novels have celebrated the Rangers as Wild West supermen. In many cases, they deserve their plaudits. But often the truth has been obliterated. Swanson demonstrates how the Rangers and their supporters have operated a propaganda machine that turned agency disasters and misdeeds into fables of triumph, transformed murderous rampages--including the killing of scores of Mexican civilians--into valorous feats, and elevated scoundrels to sainthood. Cult of Glory sets the record straight. Beginning with the Texas Indian wars, Cult of Glory embraces the great, majestic arc of Lone Star history. It tells of border battles, range disputes, gunslingers, massacres, slavery, political intrigue, race riots, labor strife, and the dangerous lure of celebrity. And it reveals how legends of the American West--the real and the false--are truly made.
