Follow Me to Hell
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless Texan frontier.
In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, apprehending cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals and throwing them in jail or, if that's how they wanted it, 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 hundreds of 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 details the tough life along the Texas border that was tamed by a courageous, yet doomed, captain and his team of fearless men.
New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin takes readers deep into the heart of Texas and beyond in this thrilling true account of some of the most legendary frontier lawmen of all time.
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Author's Note
Prologue
Act I: Colonists and Captains
Chapter 1: 'Texian Devils!'
Chapter 2: Luckless Liberators
Chapter 3: The Long Republic
Chapter 4: A Connecticut Yankee
Chapter 5: The Empresario
Chapter 6: The 'Magna Carta'
Chapter 7: An Inkling of Independence
Chapter 8: Unlearned Lessons
Chapter 9: Austin Behind Bars
Chapter 10: 'Come To Our Aid'
Chapter 11: 'How Do You Like That Answer?'
Chapter 12: Looting and Shouting
Chapter 13: 'Hurry On!'
Chapter 14: 'Victory Purchased with Blood'
Chapter 15: Take the Fight South
Chapter 16: From Bad to Worse
Chapter 17: The Finest Company
Chapter 18: 'My Men Evinced No Dismay'
Chapter 19: 'Boys, Fight To the Last!"
Chapter 20: Invading Comancheria
Act II: Lone Star Lawman
Chapter 21: 'Walking Whiskey Keg'
Chapter 22: Gettysburg of the West
Chapter 23: 'Coolness and Courage'
Chapter 24: Frontier Forces
Chapter 25: 'True To His Colors'
Chapter 26: Farmer and Father
Chapter 27: No Book To Stop This Bullet
Chapter 28: Follow the Money
Chapter 29: Another Long and Bloody War
Chapter 30: Quick With a Gun
Chapter 31: 'A Perfect Reign of Terror'
Chapter 32: The Peacekeepers
Chapter 33: Reporters and Rangers
ACT III: Their Backs to the River
Chapter 34: Patrolling the Nueces Strip
Chapter 35: 'You Must Be the Judge'
Chapter 36: Emperor McNelly
Chapter 37: 'Got You Now!'
Chapter 38: 'Master of the Situation'
Chapter 39: 'The Jaws of Death'
Chapter 40: 'Kill All You See'
Chapter 41: Rio Grande Standoff
Chapter 42: 'Death Squad'
Chapter 44: Capt. McNelly Goes to Washington
Chapter 45: 'This Rash Young Man'
Chapter 46: 'Two Best Pistol Fighters in Texas'
Chapter 47: The New Lieutenant
Chapter 48: 'The Brave Who Sink to Rest'
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Index