Lone Star justice
Subtitle: the first century of the Texas Rangers
By: Robert M. Utley.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Texas Rangers -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas; Texas -- History -- 1846-1950; Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I. The Tradition Established: Jack Hays and Walker Creek; title: 2. The Tradition Evolves: Indians; title: 3. The Tradition Evolves: Mexicans; title: 4. The Tradition Nationalized: War with Mexico; title: 5. "Give Us Rangers in Texas"; title: 6. Last Days of the Old Lion: Mexicans and Indians; title: 7. Chaos in Frontier Defense, I86I-I874; title: 8. Institutionalizing the Rangers, I874; title: 9. McNelly and Hall: Border Adventures; title: IO. The Adventures of Major Jones; title: II. The El Paso Salt War; title: I2. "That Far Wild Country": The Trans-Pecos and; title: the Panhandle; title: I3. The King Era: I88I-I89I; title: I4. The Four Captains; title: I5. End of an Era; title: I6. A Summing Up; title: Abbreviations; title: Notes; title: Sources; title: Index; title: MAPS; title: Texas in I9oo; title: The Indian Frontier of the Republic of Texas, I836-I845; title: The Mexican Frontier of the Republic of Texas, I836-I845; title: Taylor's Operations in Northern Mexico, I846-I847; title: Battle of Monterey, September 20-24, I846; title: Theater of Hays's Antiguerrilla Operations, i847-I848; title: The Military Frontier in the I85os; title: The Cortina Troubles, I859-I860; title: West Texas in I889; title: The Texas Panhandle in the I89os; title: South Texas in I887; title: Illustrations follow pages II4 and 242..