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Author Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-

Title Lone star lawmen [electronic resource] : the second century of the Texas Rangers / Robert M. Utley.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 400 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Texas Rangers -- History -- 20th century.
Texas Rangers -- Biography.
Outlaws -- Texas -- Biography.
Criminals -- Texas -- Biography.
Crime -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0195154444 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195154443 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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