Research Catalog

Title

Tracking the Texas Rangers : the nineteenth century / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr.

Publication

Denton : Univesity of North Texas Press, c2012.

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Additional Authors

• Glasrud, Bruce A.
• Weiss, Harold J.
• Weiss, Harold J., Jr., 1932-

Description

xii, 358 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Frances B. Vick series ; no. 10

Uniform Title

• Project Muse UPCC books
• Frances B. Vick series ; no. 10.

Subject

• Texas Rangers > History > 19th century
• Law enforcement > Texas > History > 19th century
• Frontier and pioneer life > Texas
• Texas > History > Republic, 1836-1846
• Texas > History > 1846-1950

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-329) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : in pursuit of the Texas Rangers : the nineteenth century / Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr -- Encomium : bad day at Round Rock / Bob Boze Bell and Rick Miller -- Texas Rangers revisited : old themes and new viewpoints / Harold J. Weiss, Jr -- "Valor, wisdom and experience" : early Texas Rangers and the nature of frontier leadership / Stephen L Hardin -- The great Comanche raid of 1840 / Donaly E. Brice -- The deadly colts on Walker's Creek / Stephen L. Moore -- Los diablos tejanos / Stephen B. Oates -- The Callahan expedition / Michael L. Collins -- Rip Ford's Indian fight on the Canadian / W.J. Hughes -- Rangers, "Rip" Ford, and the Cortina War / Richard B. McCaslin -- Hispanic texas Rangers contribute to peace on the Texas frontier, 1838-1880 / David E. Screws -- The "battle" at Pease River and the question of reliable sources in the recapture of Cynthia Ann Parker / Paul H. Carlson and Tom Crum -- Capturing the grand mogul (John Wesley Hardin) / Leon Metz -- Rangers and mounties defending the cattleman's empire / Andrew R. Graybill -- Rangers of the last frontier of Texas / James M. Day -- The Jesse Evans Gang and the death of Texas Ranger George R. Bingham / Chuck Parsons -- The struggle for the individual and the union, 1888-1903 / Marilyn D. Rhinehart -- The Texas Rangers: a selected bibliography / Harold J. Weiss, Jr. and Bruce A. Glasrud.

ISBN

• 9781574414653 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1574414658 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012017467

OCLC

793497178

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library