Description
Book Synopsis The Texas Ranger law enforcement agency features so prominently in Texan and Wild West folklore that its accomplishments have been featured in everything from pulp novels to popular television. After a brief overview of the Texas Rangers'' formation, this book provides an exhaustive account of every known Ranger unit from 1823 to the present. Each chapter provides a brief contextual explanation of the time period covered and features entries on each unit''s commanders, periods of service, activities, and supervising authorities. Appendices include an account of the Rangers'' battle record, a history of the illustrious badge, documents relating to the Rangers, and lists of Rangers who have died in service, been inducted into the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame, or received the Texas Department of Public Safety''s Medal of Valor.
Trade Reviewan exhaustive account"" -
Booklist""the first of its kind, this book documents Texas Ranger units since the service’s 1823 inception...the most comprehensive book to date...a wonderful, one-step reference for historians"" -
Library Journal""a good, one volume, overall, modern history of the Rangers in their changing roles from 1823 to today...easy to read"" -
Journal of the West.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- For the Common Defense: Rangers in Colonial Tejas (1823–1835)
- Gained by War: Rangers of the Revolution and Republic (1835–1845)
- Los Diablos Tejanos : Rangers in the U.S.-Mexican War (1846–1848)
- Rangers of the Old Stamp: The Texas Mounted Volunteers (1848–1861)
- A Most Desperate Struggle: Rangers in the Civil War (1861–1865)
- No Surrender, No Prisoners: The Minute Men, the Frontier Forces, and the Frontier Men (1865–1874)
- A Little Standing Army: Minute Men/Special State Troops/Special Force (1874–1881)
- Duty Well Performed: The Frontier Battalion (1874–1901)
- Los Rinches : The State Ranger Force (1901–1935)
- A Fabled Tradition: The Texas Ranger Division (1935–Present)
- Appendix A: Battle Record
- Appendix B: Rangers Who Died in the Line of Duty
- Appendix C: The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame
- Appendix D: Texas Ranger Recipients of the Department of Public Safety Medal of Valor
- Appendix E: Documents Regarding the Texas Rangers
- Appendix F: The History of the Badge
- Bibliography
- Index
