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1 online resource |
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Number 15 in the Francis B. Vick series |
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Frances B. Vick series ; no. 15.
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| Contents |
"Dragged to the ground lanced and scalped" -- "Beneath the heel of an indignant legislature" -- "We fought under the black flag" -- "Several shots and run him into the river" -- "Sworn enemy to Rangers and sheriffs" -- "Sixty thousand dollars to spend" -- "Most bold, high-handed murder" -- "Damnable act of savagery" -- "He caught for a pistol" -- "A strong undercurrent of excitement" -- "By God, they will never come back" -- "Just plain legal assassination" -- "The shooting was promiscuous and lively" -- "We have been compelled to do some killing" -- "Boys, I am killed." |
| Summary |
Many well-read students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who died on the Texas-Mexico border in a shootout with Mexican rustlers. In Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands, Bob Alexander has now penned the first full-length biography of this important nineteenth-century Texas Ranger. At an early age Frank Jones, a native Texan, would become a Frontier Battalion era Ranger. His enlistment with the Rangers coincided with their transition from Indian fighters to lawmen. While serving in the Frontier Battalion officers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jones, Frank, 1856-1893.
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| SUBJECT |
Jones, Frank, 1856-1893 fast |
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Texas Rangers. Frontier Battalion. Company D -- Biography
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| SUBJECT |
Texas Rangers. Frontier Battalion. Company D fast |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Texas
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781574416015 |
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1574416014 |
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