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Six-shooters and shifting sands : the Wild West life of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones
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- Creator
- Bob Alexander ; foreword by Chief Kirby W. Dendy, Texas Rangers
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Edition: First
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2015
- Physical Details
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- xxvii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781574415926, 1574416014, 1574415921, 9781574416015
- OCLC
- ocn897042169, ocn905564351
- Incudes bibliographical references (pages 443-454) and index.
- "Dragged to the ground lanced and scalped" -- "Beneath the heel of an indignant legislature" -- "We fought under the black flag" -- "Several shots and run him into the river" -- "Sworn enemy to Rangers and sheriffs" -- "Sixty thousand dollars to spend" -- "Most bold, high-handed murder" -- "Damnable act of savagery" -- "He caught for a pistol" -- "A strong undercurrent of excitement" -- "By God, they will never come back" -- "Just plain legal assassination" -- "The shooting was promiscuous and lively" -- "We have been compelled to do some killing" -- "Boys, I am killed"