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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811128903321

Autore

Parsons Chuck

Titolo

John B. Armstrong : 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

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""

Sommario/riassunto

John B. Armstrong's arrest of notorious killer John Wesley Hardin assured Armstrong a place in history, but this Texas Ranger's story goes far beyond his most famous act, and until now, that story has never been told. In addition to his service in the Rangers' famed



Frontier Battalion, he founded the Armstrong Ranch, an operation that remains active and important to this day. As Elmer Kelton notes, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas.".