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Texas devils : Rangers and regulars on the lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861

Title: Texas devils : Rangers and regulars on the lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861 / Michael L. Collins.
Author: Collins, Michael L., 1950-
Publication: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2008], ©2008.

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xi, 316 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

"This history pulls readers back to a chaotic time along the lower Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century to reexamine the activities of Texas partisans. Texas Devils challenges the time-honored image of "good guys in white hats" to reveal the more complicated and sobering reality behind the Ranger Myth." "Michael L. Collins demonstrates that, rather than bringing peace to the region, the Texas Rangers contributed to the violence and were often brutal in their injustices against Spanish-speaking inhabitants, who dubbed them los diablos Tejanos - the Texas devils. He describes the consequences of Ranger forays on both sides of the Rio Grande for U.S.-Mexican relations and uncovers connections between state Ranger forces and filibustering expeditions south of the border."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.

Contents

1. The Rangers -- 2. The River -- 3. The Renegades -- 4. The Rubicon -- 5. The Red Robber -- 6. The Regulars -- 7. The Rio Bravo -- 8. The Colonel -- 9. The Rebels -- 10. Requiem.

ISBN

9780806139395 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0806139390 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008001816
40016139203

OCLC

ocn191732269
191732269
SCSB-5446861

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Columbia University Libraries