03698nam 2200661Ia 450 991081733370332120230803032524.01-57441-513-1(CKB)3170000000060791(EBL)1189146(OCoLC)854520213(SSID)ssj0000892580(PQKBManifestationID)11564186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000892580(PQKBWorkID)10898894(PQKB)10578042(MiAaPQ)EBC1189146(OCoLC)844940582(MdBmJHUP)muse24816(Au-PeEL)EBL1189146(CaPaEBR)ebr10706001(CaONFJC)MIL492323(EXLCZ)99317000000006079120130103d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRiding Lucifer's Line[electronic resource] Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border /by Bob Alexander ; with foreword by Byron A. Johnson1st ed.Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Pressc20131 online resource (431 p.)Number 11 in the Frances B. Vick seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-57441-499-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Frontier Battalion era, 1874/1901 -- Photo gallery, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum -- Sonny Smith, 1875 -- John E. McBride and Conrad E. Mortimer, 1877 -- Samuel "Sam" Frazier, 1878 -- George R. "Red" Bingham, 1880 -- Frank Sieker, 1885 -- Charles H. V. Fusselman, 1890 -- John F. Gravis, 1890 -- Robert E. Doaty, 1892 -- Frank Jones, 1893 -- Joseph McKidrict, 1894 -- Ernest St. Leon, 1898 -- The Ranger Force era, 1901/1935 -- Photo gallery, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum -- W. Emmett Robuck, 1902 -- Thomas Jefferson Goff, 1905 -- Quirl Bailey Carnes, 1910 -- Grover Scott Russell, 1913 -- Eugene B. Hulen, 1915 -- Robert Lee Burdett, 1915 -- William P. Stillwell, 1918 -- Joe Robert Shaw, 1918 -- Lenn T. Sadler, 1918 -- Delbert "Tim" Timberlake, 1918 -- T. E. Paul Perkins, 1918 -- William M. Alsobrook, 1919 -- Joseph B. Buchanan, 1921.The Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is-or at least can be-risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for over one hundred forty years before them did, today's Texas Rangers continue to battle violence and transnational criminals along the Texas-Mexico border." In Riding Lucifer's Line, Bob Alexander, in his characteristic storytelling style, surveys the personal tragedies of twenty-five Texas Rangers who made thFrances B. Vick series ;no. 11.Law enforcementMexican-American Border RegionHistory19th centuryLaw enforcementMexican-American Border RegionHistory20th centuryPeace officersMortalityMexican-American Border RegionMexican-American Border RegionHistory19th centuryMexican-American Border RegionHistory20th centuryTexasHistory1846-1950Law enforcementHistoryLaw enforcementHistoryPeace officersMortality976.4/05Alexander Bob(James R.)1651027MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817333703321Riding Lucifer's Line4000735UNINA