02922nam 2200601 a 450 991078183650332120230321223149.01-281-15893-397866111589340-19-803516-0(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 centuryOutlawsCriminalsCrimeHistory976.4/063Utley Robert M.1929-2022.1337590MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781836503321Lone star lawmen3683495UNINA