| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 436 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Frances B. Vick series ; no. 5 |
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Frances B. Vick series ; no. 5.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Captain Bill McDonald's (1852-1918) admirers rank him as one of the great captains of Texas Ranger history. His detractors see him as an irresponsible lawman who precipitated violence, hungered for publicity, and related tall tales that cast himself in the hero's role. This title seeks to find the true Bill McDonald and sort fact from myth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-414) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918.
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| SUBJECT |
McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918 fast |
| Subject |
Texas Rangers -- Biography
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| SUBJECT |
Texas Rangers fast |
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Peace officers -- Texas -- Biography
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Peace officers
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| SUBJECT |
Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134269
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| Subject |
Texas
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441646422 |
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1441646426 |
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1574412604 |
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9781574412604 |
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9781597345897 |
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159734589X |
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9781574413694 |
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1574413694 |
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