Riding Lucifer's Line [[electronic resource] ] : Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border / / by Bob Alexander ; with foreword by Byron A. Johnson
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| Autore: |
Alexander Bob (James R.)
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| Titolo: |
Riding Lucifer's Line [[electronic resource] ] : Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border / / by Bob Alexander ; with foreword by Byron A. Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976.4/05 |
| Soggetto topico: | Law enforcement - Mexican-American Border Region - History - 19th century |
| Law enforcement - Mexican-American Border Region - History - 20th century | |
| Peace officers - Mortality - Mexican-American Border Region | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mexican-American Border Region History 19th century |
| Mexican-American Border Region History 20th century | |
| Texas History 1846-1950 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 th |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Riding Lucifer's Line |
| ISBN: | 1-57441-513-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817333703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Frances B. Vick series ; ; no. 11.