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Author:

Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-

Title:

Lone star lawmen : the second century of the Texas Rangers / Robert M. Utley.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiii, 400 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Texas Rangers--History--20th century.
Texas Rangers.--Biography.
Outlaws--Texas--Biography.
Criminals--Texas--Biography.
Crime--Texas--History--20th century.
Texas--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index.

Contents:

The border, 1910-1915 -- The "bandit war," 1915 -- The Big Bend, 1913-1919 -- Austin, 1918-1919 -- Pat Neff's "battles of peace," 1921-1925 -- Ma and Pa Ferguson, 1925-1927 -- Dan Moody, 1927-1931 -- Ross and Bill Sterling, 1931-1933 -- Return of the Fergusons, 1933-1935 -- The Department of Public Safety, 1935 -- DPS birth pangs, 1935-1938 -- Homer Garrison, 1938-1968 -- Gambling-- and other distractions -- Latino uprising -- Change, 1965-1985 -- Highs and lows, 1970s -- Highs and lows, 1980s -- Highs and lows, 1990s -- A summing-up.

ISBN:

9780195154443 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195154444 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71004074

LCCN:

2006025639

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)

CHPB482 -- North English Public Library (North English)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)