| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 436 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Frances B. Vick series ; no. 5
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Frances B. Vick series ; no. 5.
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| Note |
Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Indiana University, 1980. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-414) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Captain Bill McDonald's (1852-1918) admirers rank him as one of the great captains of Texas Ranger history. His detractors see him as an irresponsible lawman who precipitated violence, hungered for publicity, and related tall tales that cast himself in the hero's role. This title seeks to find the true Bill McDonald and sort fact from myth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918.
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McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918. |
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Texas Rangers -- Biography.
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Texas Rangers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918. |
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Texas Rangers. |
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Peace officers -- Texas -- Biography.
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Peace officers. |
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Texas. |
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Texas -- History -- 1846-1950.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1846-1950 |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weiss, Harold J. Yours to command. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2009 9781574412604 (DLC) 2009002367 (OCoLC)277201399 |
| ISBN |
9781441646422 (electronic book) |
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1441646426 (electronic book) |
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1574412604 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781574412604 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781597345897 |
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159734589X |
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9781574413694 |
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1574413694 |
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9781574412604 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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