| Description |
465 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Physical Medium |
large print (16 point) rdafs |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction |
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Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-461). |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Act I: "Texian devils!". Luckless liberators -- The long republic -- A Connecticut Yankee -- The empresario -- The "Magna Carta" -- An inkling of independence -- Unlearned lessons -- Austin behind bars -- "Come to our aid" -- "How do you like that answer?" -- Looting and shouting -- "Hurry on!" -- "Victory purchased with blood" -- Take the fight south -- From bad to worse -- The finest company -- "My men evinced no dismay" -- "Boys, fight to the last!" -- Invading Comancheria -- Act II: Lone Star lawman. "Walking whiskey keg" -- Gettysburg of the west -- "Coolness and courage" -- Frontier forces -- "True to his colors" -- Farmer and father -- No book to stop this bullet -- Follow the money -- Another long and bloody war -- Quick with a gun -- "A perfect reign of terror" -- The peacekeepers -- Reporters and rangers -- Act III: Their backs to the river. "Patrolling the Nueces strip -- "You must be the judge" -- Emperor McNelly -- "Got you now!" -- "Master of the situation" -- "The jaws of death" -- "Kill all you see" -- Rio Grande standoff -- "Death squad" -- Captain McNelly goes to Washington -- "This rash young man" -- "Two best pistol fighters in Texas" -- The new lieutenant -- "The brave who sink to rest" -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"In 1870s Texas, Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one campaign after another, throwing dangerous criminals into jail or six feet under. They would stop at nothing in pursuit of justice, even sending twenty-six Rangers across the border to retrieve stolen cattle, taking on Mexican troops with nothing but their Sharps rifles and six-guns. The nation came to call them "McNelly's Rangers." Set against the backdrop of 200 years of thrilling Texas Rangers history, this page-turner takes readers into the tough life along the Texas border that was tamed by a courageous captain and his team of fearless men"-- Back cover. |
| Subject |
McNelly, Leander H., 1843 or 1844-1877.
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Texas Rangers.
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Police, State -- Texas -- Biography.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.
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Texas -- History -- 1846-1950.
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| Genre |
Large print books.
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Biographies.
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Large type books.
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| Added Title |
McNelly's Texas Rangers and the rise of frontier justice |
| ISBN |
9798885788274 (large print ; hardcover) |
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