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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460036403321

Autore

Parsons Chuck

Titolo

John B. Armstrong [[electronic resource] ] : Texas Ranger and pioneer ranchman / / Chuck Parsons ; foreword by Tobin Armstrong ; afterword by Elmer Kelton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-299-05300-9

1-60344-496-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Canseco-Keck history series ; ; no. 10

Disciplina

976.4/05092

B

Soggetti

Crime - Texas - History - 19th century

Frontier and pioneer life - Texas

Outlaws - Texas - History - 19th century

Pioneers - Texas

Ranch life - Texas - History

Ranchers - Texas

Electronic books.

Texas Biography

Texas History 1846-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman""; ""Genesis of a Fighting Man""; ""Blood on the Palo Alto Prairie""; ""Gunfire at Las Cuevas""; ""Engagement at Espantosa Lake""; ""John King Fisher Again""; ""Facing the Man Killer""; ""Action in Round Rock""; ""Pioneer Ranchman""; ""Rancher Amid the Rails""; ""Afterword""; ""John B. Armstrong and the Travis Rifles""; ""Serving with McNelly""; ""Serving under Hall""; ""Texas Volunteer Guard""; ""Armstrong Family Tree""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""