Yours to command the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald /

Main Author: Weiss, Harold J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2009.
Series:Frances B. Vick series ; no. 5
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10383997
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245 1 0 |a Yours to command  |b the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald /  |c Harold J. Weiss, Jr. 
260 |a Denton, Tex. :  |b University of North Texas Press,  |c c2009. 
300 |a xi, 436 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
490 1 |a Frances B. Vick series ;  |v no. 5 
500 |a Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Indiana University, 1980. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-414) and index. 
505 0 |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. 
600 1 0 |a McDonald, William Jesse,  |d 1852-1918. 
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650 0 |a Frontier and pioneer life  |z Texas. 
651 0 |a Texas  |x History  |y 1846-1950. 
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