Six-shooters and shifting sands
Subtitle: the Wild West life of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones
By: Bob Alexander ; foreword by Chief Kirby W. Dendy, Texas Rangers
Edition: Edition: First.
Series: Number 15 in the Francis B. Vick series
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Denton, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9781574415926; 9781574416015
Subjects: Biography; Frontier and pioneer life; Texas Rangers. Frontier Battalion. Company D; Texas Rangers
Notes: Incudes bibliographical references (pages 443-453) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Dragged to the ground lanced and scalped"; title: "Beneath the heel of an indignant legislature"; title: "We fought under the black flag"; title: "Several shots and run him into the river"; title: "Sworn enemy to Rangers and sheriffs"; title: "Sixty thousand dollars to spend"; title: "Most bold, high-handed murder"; title: "Damnable act of savagery"; title: "He caught for a pistol"; title: "A strong undercurrent of excitement"; title: "By God, they will never come back"; title: "Just plain legal assassination"; title: "The shooting was promiscuous and lively"; title: "We have been compelled to do some killing"; title: "Boys, I am killed".