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1 online resource |
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Yankee Ranger -- Oil! -- Bits and bullets -- Slots and goats -- Goldthwaite -- The sheriff and the socialite -- Home front -- Rape and race -- Red River Ranger -- Bad men -- The phantom and the war hero -- Aggies revolt! -- Gays and Reds on campus -- A lone Ranger -- The chief -- The fall -- An old Ranger lets go |
| Summary |
Texas Ranger Norman Dixon made the front pages of newspapers, but his rigid sense of integrity prevented him from discussing his cases with his wife or his sons, or anyone else, even decades later.<BR /><BR /> As a Ranger, Dixon broke up the largest oil field theft ring in Texas history, worked to solve the most infamous cold case in Texas history, sought the Phantom Killer, investigated a near-mutiny by cadets and veterans on the campus of Texas A & M, rushed to a rural county to head off a lynching, and kept watch over Texas during World War II. He became the go-to investigator for the di |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Dixon, Norman, 1908-1992.
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Dixon, Norman, 1908-1992 fast |
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Texas Rangers -- Biography
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Texas Rangers fast |
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Crime -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
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Law enforcement -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Crime
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Law enforcement
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Texas
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781623492601 |
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1623492602 |
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