| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 404 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Number 11 in the Frances B. Vick series
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Frances B. Vick series ; no. 11.
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| Contents |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Texas Rangers -- History -- 19th century.
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Texas Rangers. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Texas Rangers -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Texas Rangers -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Peace officers -- Mortality -- Mexican-American Border Region.
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Peace officers. |
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Mortality. |
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Law enforcement -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century.
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Law enforcement. |
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Law enforcement -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.
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Texas -- History -- 1846-1950.
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Texas. |
| Chronological Term |
1846-1950 |
| Subject |
Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century.
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Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alexander, Bob (James R.). Riding Lucifer's Line. 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2013 9781574414998 (DLC) 2013000151 (OCoLC)822532981 |
| ISBN |
9781574415131 (electronic book) |
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1574415131 (electronic book) |
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1299610730 (e-book) |
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9781299610736 (e-book) |
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9781574414998 |
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1574414992 |
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