Texas Lawmen, 1835-1899: The Good and the Bad

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• Clifford R. Caldwell
• Ron Delord

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• 448 Seiten
• 16 Lesestunden

• Biografien & Memoiren
• Geschichte
• Karten & Reisen
• Politikwissenschaft
• Weltgeschichte

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Little-known stories of brave men who should never be forgotten.The tally of Texas lawmen killed during the stat's first sixty-five years of organized law enforcement is truly staggering. From Texas Rangers the likes of Silas Mercer Parker Jr., gunned down at Parker's Fort in 1836, to Denton County sheriff's deputy Floyd Coberly, murdered by an inmate in 1897 atter ten days on the job, his collection accounts for all those unsung heroes. Not merely an attempt to recall a dozen popular hours of research conducted over more than a decade. Ron DeLord and Cliff Caldwell have carefully assembled a unique and engaging chronicle of Texas history.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Einband: Paperback