LEADER 03731nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910463599503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-57441-513-1 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060791 035 $a(EBL)1189146 035 $a(OCoLC)854520213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000892580 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11564186 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000892580 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10898894 035 $a(PQKB)10578042 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1189146 035 $a(OCoLC)844940582 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24816 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1189146 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10706001 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL492323 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060791 100 $a20130103d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRiding Lucifer's Line$b[electronic resource] $eRanger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border /$fby Bob Alexander ; with foreword by Byron A. Johnson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDenton, Tex. $cUniversity of North Texas Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (431 p.) 225 1 $aNumber 11 in the Frances B. Vick series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57441-499-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is-or at least can be-risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for over one hundred forty years before them did, today's Texas Rangers continue to battle violence and transnational criminals along the Texas-Mexico border." In Riding Lucifer's Line, Bob Alexander, in his characteristic storytelling style, surveys the personal tragedies of twenty-five Texas Rangers who made th 410 0$aFrances B. Vick series ;$vno. 11. 606 $aLaw enforcement$zMexican-American Border Region$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLaw enforcement$zMexican-American Border Region$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPeace officers$xMortality$zMexican-American Border Region 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aTexas$xHistory$y1846-1950 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLaw enforcement$xHistory 615 0$aLaw enforcement$xHistory 615 0$aPeace officers$xMortality 676 $a976.4/05 700 $aAlexander$b Bob$g(James R.)$0896734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463599503321 996 $aRiding Lucifer's Line$92003490 997 $aUNINA