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EBOOK Lone Star Lawmen:The Second Century of the Texas Rangers

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199882472
EAN: E564E92DEB
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Stron: 416
Data wydania: 2007
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Hailed as "e;a rip-snortin', six-guns-blazin' saga of good guys and bad guys who        were sometimes one and the same,"e; Robert M. Utley's Lone Star Justice captured the        colorful first century of Texas Ranger history. Now, in the eagerly anticipated        conclusion, Lone Star Lawmen, Utley once again chronicles the daring exploits of the        Rangers, this time as they bring justice to the twentieth-century West.Based on        unprecedented access to Ranger archives, this fast-paced narrative stretches from        the days of the Mexican Revolution (where atrocities against Mexican Americans        marked the nadir of Ranger history) to the Branch Davidian saga near Waco and the        recent bloody standoff with "e;Republic of Texas"e; militia. Readers will find in these        pages one hundred years of high adventure. Utley follows the Rangers as they pursue        bank robbers, bootleggers, moonshiners, and "e;horsebackers"e; (smugglers who used mule        trains to bring liquor across the border). We see these fearless lawmen taming oil        boomtowns, springing the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde, facing down angry lynch mobs,        and tracking the "e;Phantom Killer"e; of Texarkana. Utley also highlights the gradual        evolution of this celebrated force, revealing that while West Texas Rangers still        occasionally ride the range on horseback and crack down on smugglers and rustlers,        East Texas Rangers--who work mostly in big cities--now ride in high-powered cars and        contend with kidnappers, forgers, and other urban criminals. But East or West,        today's Rangers have become sophisticated professionals, backed by crime labs and        forensic science.Written by one of the most respected Western historians alive, here        is the definitive account of the Texas Rangers, a vivid portrait of these legendary        peace officers and their role in a changing West.

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