Pidge, Texas Ranger - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pidge, Texas Ranger write by Chuck Parsons. This book was released on 2013-03-05. Pidge, Texas Ranger available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thomas C. (Pidge) Robinson came to Texas from Virginia at the age of 27, fleeing a feud with a neighbor who opposed Robinson’s amorous intentions toward the neighbor’s sister. He joined the Texas Rangers in 1874, serving with legendary Capt. Leander H. McNelly’s Washington County Volunteer Militia Company A. He earned the rank of first lieutenant in this Texas Ranger company. Two years later he returned to Virginia to avenge his honor and claim the woman he loved. A learned and witty writer who sent back letters, poems, and reports for publication in Austin newspapers, Pidge also wrote most of Captain McNelly’s reports. From the newspaper submissions, backed by extensive research to document details and explain allusions, western writer Chuck Parsons has fashioned an annotated compendium of primary materials that give insight into not only the life and actions of the famous Texas Rangers but also the popular culture of post–Civil War Texas. Robinson rode with McNelly as the Rangers subdued the clashes between the Suttons and the Taylors in DeWitt County. He served on the Rio Grande frontier in actions against Juan Cortina, including the famous battle on Palo Alto Prairie. He was with a party of Rangers who invaded Mexico to recover cattle stolen from Texas ranchers. Pidge’s lively, literate, and often humorous letters give first-person accounts of these and other actions that provide a unique picture of Ranger service in the field. This Texas A&M University Press edition, incorporating newly discovered materials, also features rare period photographs, illustrations, and other helpful maps and images.
"Pidge", a Texas Ranger from Virginia
"Pidge", a Texas Ranger from Virginia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "Pidge", a Texas Ranger from Virginia write by T. C. Robinson. This book was released on 1985. "Pidge", a Texas Ranger from Virginia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Men who Wear the Star
The Men who Wear the Star - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Men who Wear the Star write by Charles M. Robinson. This book was released on 2000. The Men who Wear the Star available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1935, Walter Prescott Webb first told about them in his classic The Texas Rangers, but not until now do we have a modern retelling of this storied organization, based on new material and written with the encouragement of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. Most narratives of this colorful story, even Webb's, leave out several important eras in the history of the Rangers--the Civil War years, for instance, simply don't exist, and there is little acknowledgment of the Reconstruction period, from 1866 to 1874. In addition, though these previous chronicles concerned themselves primarily with the Rangers since their formal organization in 1835, the earlier years, when the "Ranging" defense force was established by Stephen Austin, are significant and exciting. And while most stories about the Texas Rangers treat them uncritically and uniformly as heroes, this was not always the case, to say the least. The Texas Ranger captured the imagination of the American public like no other individual. Here is his colorful story, told anew, by the highly praised author of A Good Year to Die.
The Ranger Ideal Volume 2
The Ranger Ideal Volume 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ranger Ideal Volume 2 write by Darren L. Ivey. This book was released on 2018-11-15. The Ranger Ideal Volume 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the Lone Star State can certainly boast of immense ranches, vast oil fields, enormous cowboy hats, and larger-than-life heroes. Among the greatest of the latter are the iconic Texas Rangers, a service that has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum continues to honor these legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. While upholding a proud heritage of duty and sacrifice, even men who wear the cinco peso badge can have their own champions. Thirty-one individuals—whose lives span more than two centuries—have been enshrined in the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 2: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1874-1930, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the twelve inductees who served Texas in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Ivey begins with John B. Jones, who directed his Rangers through their development from state troops to professional lawmen; then covers Leander H. McNelly, John B. Armstrong, James B. Gillett, Jesse Lee Hall, George W. Baylor, Bryan Marsh, and Ira Aten—the men who were responsible for some of the Rangers’ most legendary feats. Ivey concludes with James A. Brooks, William J. McDonald, John R. Hughes, and John H. Rogers, the “Four Great Captains” who guided the Texas Rangers into the twentieth century.
A Texas Ranger
A Texas Ranger - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Texas Ranger write by William MacLeod Raine. This book was released on 1911. A Texas Ranger available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
