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Yours to command

the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald

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the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald

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University of North Texas Press
Language
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Subjects

Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Peace officers, Texas Rangers, Texas rangers, Peace officers, biography, Frontier and pioneer life, texas, Texas, history

People

William Jesse McDonald (1852-1918)

Places

Texas

Times

1846-1950

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Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill Mcdonald
2009, University of North Texas Press
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Yours to command: the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald
2009, University of North Texas Press
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Table of Contents

List of maps and illustrations
Preface
Part 1. Emergence of a ranger officer. Introduction: Bill McDonald, the historical record, and the popular mind ; The making of a Texas lawman ; Captain Bill and Company B in the Panhandle ; A gunfight between two guardians of the law ; Proceed to El Paso: the Rangers and prizefighting ; A bank robbery in Wichita Falls
Part 2. Waning days of the frontier battalion ; San Saba mob: a murder society ; Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus ; Humphries case: an East Texas lynching ; Finale of the Frontier Battalion
Part 3. An aging lawman: highs and lows ; Forming a new Ranger force ; Conditt murder case: a study in detection ; Brownsville affair: a muddled incident ; Rio Grande city: the last stand ; The end comes: state revenue agent and other roles.

Edition Notes

Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Indiana University, 1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Denton, Tex
Series
Frances B. Vick series -- no. 5, Frances B. Vick series -- no. 5.
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
363.28, B
Library of Congress
F391.M142 W456 2009, F391.M142W456 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

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OL23016957M
Internet Archive
yourstocommandli00jrha
ISBN 13
9781574412604
LCCN
2009002367
OCLC/WorldCat
277201399
Library Thing
9549724
Goodreads
6739981

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