Texas Constables
Subtitle: A Frontier Heritage
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: May 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780896725812
Subjects: United States - State & Local - General; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; History; History - U.S.; History: American; United States - State & Local - West; Literary Criticism; United States - State & Local - Southwest; Reference; History - General History
First sentence: According to scholars, the word constable derives apparently from the Latin comes stabuli, which means master of the horse, master of the stables, or count of the stables.