| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
A.C. Greene series ; no. 6
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A.C. Greene series ; 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-350) and index. |
| Contents |
Half Title; Frontispiece; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. "A Hamlet among outlaws"; Chapter 2. "passionate, domineering and dangerous"; Chapter 3. "Ringo & Pryor"; Chapter 4. "I pray God we may get along safely"; Chapter 5. "Mrs. Mary Ringo, Proprietress"; Chapter 6. "The people he fell in with were fighters"; Chapter 7. "back-shooting border scum and thieves"; Chapter 8. "The mob has been operating some"; Chapter 9. "Hell has broke loose up here"; Chapter 10. "alias Long John"; Chapter 11. "State of Texas vs. John Ringo." |
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Chapter 12. "brave and fearless"Chapter 13. "disrupting a young economy"; Chapter 14. "and a stray cat"; Chapter 15. "as well known as Satan himself"; Chapter 16. "John R. Godalmighty"; Chapter 17. "a killer and professional cutthroat"; Chapter 18. "armed with a Henry side"; Chapter 19. "the sympathy of the border people seems to be with them"; Chapter 20. "desperate and dangerous"; Chapter 21. "we have seen that he lied"; Chapter 22. "Ringo ... the. |
| Summary |
John Ringo fought and killed for what he believed was right. As a teenager, Ringo was rushed into sudden adulthood when his father was killed tragically in the midst of the family's overland trek to California. As a young man he became embroiled in the blood feud turbulence of post-Reconstruction Texas. This title offers information on Ringo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ringo, John, 1850-1882.
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Ringo, John, 1850-1882. |
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Ringo, John. |
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Outlaws -- Southwest, New -- Biography.
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Outlaws. |
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New Southwest. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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Southwest, New -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
King of the cowboys |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnson, David (David D.), 1950- John Ringo, king of the cowboys. 2nd ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008277402 |
| ISBN |
9781441609168 (electronic book) |
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1441609164 (electronic book) |
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9781597345774 (electronic book) |
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1597345776 (electronic book) |
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9781574412437 (cloth) |
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1574412434 |
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