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|a Weiss, Harold J.
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|a Yours to command
|b the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald /
|c Harold J. Weiss, Jr.
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|a Denton, Tex. :
|b University of North Texas Press,
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|a xi, 436 p. :
|b ill., maps.
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|a Frances B. Vick series ;
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|a Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Indiana University, 1980.
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|a Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-414) and index.
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|a List of maps and illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1. Emergence of a ranger officer. Introduction: Bill McDonald, the historical record, and the popular mind ; The making of a Texas lawman ; Captain Bill and Company B in the Panhandle ; A gunfight between two guardians of the law ; Proceed to El Paso: the Rangers and prizefighting ; A bank robbery in Wichita Falls -- Part 2. Waning days of the frontier battalion ; San Saba mob: a murder society ; Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus ; Humphries case: an East Texas lynching ; Finale of the Frontier Battalion -- Part 3. An aging lawman: highs and lows ; Forming a new Ranger force ; Conditt murder case: a study in detection ; Brownsville affair: a muddled incident ; Rio Grande city: the last stand ; The end comes: state revenue agent and other roles.
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|a Frontier and pioneer life
|z Texas.
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|y 1846-1950.
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