Lone star lawmen [electronic resource] : the second century of the Texas Rangers / Robert M. Utley
- Author:
- Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-
- Published:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 400 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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- serialssolutions.com
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- License restrictions may limit access.
- 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.
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- ISBN:
- 0195154444 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195154443 (hardcover : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index.
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