Lone Star Justice. The First Century of the Texas Rangers
first edition
2002 · Oxford
by Utley, Robert M.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002 First edition. xiv, 370pp. Illustrated with historic photographs, maps. Extensive note, bibliography, index. Cloth-backed beige boards. A very fine (as new) copy with pictorial dust jacket. Utley provides a history of the first hundred years of Texas Ranger history, from the 1820's as loose groups to citizen soldiers, transformed into a well-trained, cohesive team. Armed with a revolutionary new weapon (Colt's repeating revolver), they became a deadly fighting force.. (Inventory #: 8108)