Lone star lawmen the second century of the Texas Rangers /

Main Author: Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10199717
Table of 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.