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Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-

Lone star lawmen the second century of the Texas Rangers / [electronic resource] : Robert M. Utley. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xiii, 400 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps.

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

Prologue -- 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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Texas Rangers--History--20th century.
Texas Rangers--Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Outlaws--Texas--Biography.
Criminals--Texas--Biography.
Crime--History--Texas--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Texas--History--20th century.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F391 / .U93 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 976.4/063