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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462121603321

Autore

Miller Rick <1941->

Titolo

Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881 [[electronic resource] /] / by Rick Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denton, TX, : University of North Texas Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-92440-4

1-57441-478-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Number 9 in the Frances B. Vick series

Disciplina

976.4/06092

B

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Texas

Electronic books.

Texas History 1846-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-382) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Irresistible on horseback -- Daring gallantry -- The right man -- No carpet-knight -- A heavy task -- The abominable legislature -- Kill all the Dutch -- Gallant and untiring -- Terribly tongue-lashed -- A Bedouin in the saddle -- Here comes the rangers! -- A manly and vigorous effort -- Agin my profession -- Stately as a queen -- Scared on our arrival -- Promptness and fidelity -- Sober, steady, and respectable man -- Pangs of sorrow -- The best officers and men.