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Author Morris, John Miller.

Title A private in the Texas Rangers : A.T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion / John Miller Morris
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 3
Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 3.
Contents 1. "What Now Shal Be My Fate?": Winter of 1887 (January 1, 1887, to March 22, 1887) -- 13 -- 2. Quanah Crime and Punishment: Spring of 1887 (March 23, 1887, to June 22, 1887) -- 59 -- 3. Distant Thunder: Summer of 1887 (June 23, 1887, to September 23, 1887) -- 117 -- 4. The Locomotive of Justice: Autumn of 1887 (September 24, 1887, to December 22, 1887) -- 152 -- 5. "Cold as Whis": Winter of 1888 (December 23, 1887, to March 25, 1888) -- 185 -- 6. The Maroon Diary: Spring and Summer of 1888 (March 26, 1888 to July 23, 1888) -- 217 -- Epilogue: The Boys of Company B -- 251 -- Appendix. A Red Diary Addenda -- 291 -- Appendix B. Black Diary Addenda -- 293
Summary Three diaries, excerpted and annotated by Miller's great-grandson, John Miller Morris, provide the grist of a remarkable story -- a tale of true crime and punishment set against the scenic backdrops of the Rolling Plains, Panhandle, and Old Greer empires
Notes Contains excerpted and annotated material from three diaries written by Miller
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Miller, A. T. (Abner Theophilus), 1858-1931 -- Diaries
SUBJECT Miller, A. T. (Abner Theophilus), 1858-1931 fast
Subject Texas Rangers -- Biography
SUBJECT Texas Rangers fast
Subject Soldiers -- Texas -- Diaries
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Soldiers
SUBJECT Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134269
Subject Texas
Genre/Form Biographies
Diaries
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Miller, A. T. (Abner Theophilus), 1858-1931.
ISBN 1585449113
9781585449118