Just One Riot
Episodes of Texas Rangers in the 20th Century
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2020
226 pages
978-1-68179-206-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Texas Rangers - Emotions evoked by these words run the gamut, from undying admiration and respect, to fear and hatred. John Salmon "Rip" Ford, an early Texas Ranger captain who fought the Comanches to a standstill, described the Rangers in this manner: "They ride like Mexicans, trail like Indians, shoot like Tennesseans, and fight like the devil."
Ben Procter, veteran Texas historian, takes up where the later Walter Prescott Webb, noted historian of the frontier, including the Texas Rangers, left off. The book chronicles episodes of the Texas Rangers in the twentieth century.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- I: The Texas Rangers: Into the Twentieth Century
- II: Bill McDonald and the Brownsville Affray
- III: Red Burton and the Klan
- IV: Leo Bishop and the San Augustine Crime Wave
- V: Clint Peoples and the Crazed Man
- VI: Bob Crowder and the Rusk Hospital Riot
- VII: Fred Gomez Carrasco vs. Texas Law Enforcement
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
