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Texas Ranger Biographies: Those Who Served, 1910-1921 (review)

Texas Ranger Biographies: Those Who Served, 1910-1921 (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly January individuals interested in understanding how Old West ideals, as embodied in Daniels, survived the transition into the twentieth century. Rice University Robin Sager Texas Ranger Biographies: Those Who Served, 1910­1921. By Charles H. Harris III, Frances E. Harris, and Louis R. Sadler, foreword by Byron A. Johnson. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010, Pp. 454. Illustrations, genealogical charts, bibliography. ISBN 9780826347480, $50.00 cloth.) In 2004 Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler published a study entitled The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade, 1910­1920 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press). The authors, history professors at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, based their work on intensive research in a multitude of archival and public records. They won kudos from scholars of the Texas-Mexico border for their efforts. The volume under review, Texas Ranger Biographies: Those Who Served, 1910­-1921, is a companion to their earlier publication. It presents a treasure trove of information on 1,782 men who wore the Ranger badge during a troubled decade, and provides valuable insights into understanding the changing nature, scope, and contributions of an organization often wrapped in myth and misunderstood in terms of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

Texas Ranger Biographies: Those Who Served, 1910-1921 (review)

Hinton, Harwood P.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 114 (3) – Feb 13, 2011
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly January individuals interested in understanding how Old West ideals, as embodied in Daniels, survived the transition into the twentieth century. Rice University Robin Sager Texas Ranger Biographies: Those Who Served, 1910­1921. By Charles H. Harris III, Frances E. Harris, and Louis R. Sadler, foreword by Byron A. Johnson. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010, Pp. 454. Illustrations, genealogical charts, bibliography. ISBN 9780826347480, $50.00 cloth.) In 2004 Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler published a study entitled The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade, 1910­1920 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press). The authors, history professors at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, based their work on intensive research in a multitude of archival and public records. They won kudos from scholars of the Texas-Mexico border for their efforts. The volume under review, Texas Ranger Biographies: Those Who Served, 1910­-1921, is a companion to their earlier publication. It presents a treasure trove of information on 1,782 men who wore the Ranger badge during a troubled decade, and provides valuable insights into understanding the changing nature, scope, and contributions of an organization often wrapped in myth and misunderstood in terms of

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Published: Feb 13, 2011

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