02956nam 2200613 a 450 991045234460332120200520144314.01-281-15893-397866111589340-19-803516-0(CKB)1000000000485693(EBL)415500(OCoLC)476242860(SSID)ssj0000194013(PQKBManifestationID)11183802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194013(PQKBWorkID)10226660(PQKB)11546996(MiAaPQ)EBC415500(Au-PeEL)EBL415500(CaPaEBR)ebr10199717(CaONFJC)MIL115893(EXLCZ)99100000000048569320060808d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLone star lawmen[electronic resource] the second century of the Texas Rangers /Robert M. UtleyOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (449 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515444-4 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.Hailed as ""a rip-snortin', six-guns-blazin' saga of good guys and bad guys who were sometimes one and the same,"" Robert M. Utley's Lone Star Justice captured the colorful first century of Texas Ranger history. Now, in the eagerly anticipated conclusion, Lone Star Lawmen, Utley once again chronicles the daring exploits of the Rangers, this time as they bring justice to the twentieth-century West. Based on unprecedented access to Ranger archives, this fast-paced narrative stretches from the days of the Mexican Revolution (where atrocities against Mexican Americans marked the nadir of RangerOutlawsTexasBiographyCriminalsTexasBiographyCrimeTexasHistory20th centuryTexasHistory20th centuryElectronic books.OutlawsCriminalsCrimeHistory976.4/063Utley Robert Marshall1929-144015MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452344603321Lone star lawmen2175952UNINA