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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-028.mrc:200364941:2695
Source marc_columbia
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LEADER: 02695cam a2200433 i 4500
001 13888452
005 20190524101534.0
008 180808s2019 okua b s001 0 eng c
010 $a 2018026881
024 $a40029104652
035 $a(OCoLC)on1050457291
040 $aLBSOR/DLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dYDX$dBDX$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dYDX
020 $a9780806162607$qhardcover$qalkaline paper
020 $a0806162600$qhardcover$qalkaline paper
035 $a(OCoLC)1050457291
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-tx
050 00 $aF391$b.H385 2019
082 00 $a976.4/063$223
100 1 $aHarris, Charles H.$q(Charles Houston),$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Texas Rangers in transition :$bfrom gunfighters to criminal investigators, 1921-1935 /$cCharles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler.
264 1 $aNorman, OK :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$c[2019]
300 $axi, 640 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A detailed history of the Texas Rangers from 1921 to 1935 as the agency transitioned from gunfighters to criminal investigators. As the state of Texas transitioned from rural to rapid urbanization, the Rangers coped with an increase in organized crime and Prohibition enforcement, while hampered with legislative restraints, political shifts, and unresponsive bureaucracy"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe major players -- Doing more with less -- Tequileros -- Boomtowns -- Mexia -- The railroad strike -- Alarms and excursions -- Moonshiners resurgent -- Additional duties -- Riot duty -- Boss rule -- Pursuits and politics -- San Antonio -- The Klan -- Ma's rangers -- Operations -- Bonanzas -- Hickman's specialty -- Prisons and pardons -- A revitalized force -- The borger saga -- The Sherman debacle -- The Panhandle and North, Central, and East Texas -- Gulf Coast and South Texas -- Trans-Pecos and Big Bend -- Murder most foul -- A ranger adjutant general -- Answering calls -- El Paso again -- East Texas oil -- Rangers and pseudo-rangers -- Sleuthing -- More operations -- Crime wave -- Allred's rangers -- The Department of Public Safety.
610 20 $aTexas Rangers.
610 27 $aTexas Rangers.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00511348
651 0 $aTexas$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aLaw enforcement$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aLaw enforcement.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00993931
651 7 $aTexas.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210336
648 7 $a1900-1999$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 $aSadler, Louis R.,$eauthor.
852 00 $bglx$hF391$i.H385 2019