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Autore: | Parsons Chuck |
Titolo: | John B. Armstrong : Texas Ranger and pioneer ranchman / / Chuck Parsons ; foreword by Tobin Armstrong ; afterword by Elmer Kelton |
Pubblicazione: | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina: | 976.4/05092 |
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Soggetto topico: | Crime - Texas - History - 19th century |
Frontier and pioneer life - Texas | |
Outlaws - Texas - History - 19th century | |
Pioneers - Texas | |
Ranch life - Texas - History | |
Ranchers - Texas | |
Soggetto geografico: | Texas Biography |
Texas History 1846-1950 | |
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.". |
Titolo autorizzato: | John B. Armstrong |
ISBN: | 1-299-05300-9 |
1-60344-496-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811128903321 |
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