Yours to command
Subtitle: the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald
By: Harold J. Weiss, Jr.
Series: Frances B. Vick series -- no. 5; Frances B. Vick series -- no. 5.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781574412604
Subjects: McDonald, William Jesse, -- 1852-1918; Texas Rangers -- Biography; Peace officers -- Texas -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas; Texas -- History -- 1846-1950
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Indiana University, 1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of maps and illustrations; title: Preface; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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.