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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Texas A & M Univ Pr
Publication date
February 13, 2014
Pages
150
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781623491550
ISBN-10
162349155X
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$18.95
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
ÂTexas, by God!â cried notorious killer John Wesley Hardin when he saw a Colt .45 pointed at him on a train in Florida. At the other end of the pistol stood Texas Ranger John B. Armstrong.
Hardinâs arrest assured Armstrong a place in history, but his story is larger, fuller, and even more importantÂand until now it has never been told.
Serving in the Rangersâ famed Frontier Battalion from 1875 to 1878, Armstrong rode with Captain L. H. McNelly in the capture of King Fisher, was called to Round Rock when Sam Bass was cornered, and helped patrol the region caught in the Taylor-Sutton Feud. His more lasting legacy, though, was as founder of the Armstrong Ranch, an operation that remains active and important to this day. From this family base he helped change ranching techniques and was an important sponsor for bringing the railroads to South Texas. In the 1890s he joined a special Ranger division that supplemented the forceâs efforts, especially in pursuit and apprehension of gunmen and cattle rustlers in the region.
As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, ÂChuck Parsonsâ biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrongâs service to Texas.â Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancherâs life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers.
Hardinâs arrest assured Armstrong a place in history, but his story is larger, fuller, and even more importantÂand until now it has never been told.
Serving in the Rangersâ famed Frontier Battalion from 1875 to 1878, Armstrong rode with Captain L. H. McNelly in the capture of King Fisher, was called to Round Rock when Sam Bass was cornered, and helped patrol the region caught in the Taylor-Sutton Feud. His more lasting legacy, though, was as founder of the Armstrong Ranch, an operation that remains active and important to this day. From this family base he helped change ranching techniques and was an important sponsor for bringing the railroads to South Texas. In the 1890s he joined a special Ranger division that supplemented the forceâs efforts, especially in pursuit and apprehension of gunmen and cattle rustlers in the region.
As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, ÂChuck Parsonsâ biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrongâs service to Texas.â Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancherâs life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers.
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Editions
Hardcover
from Texas A & M Univ Pr (February 28, 2007)
9781585445530 | details & prices | 150 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $20.00
About: ÂTexas, by God!
About: ÂTexas, by God!
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Texas A & M Univ Pr (February 13, 2014); titled "John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman"
9781623491550 | details & prices | 150 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $18.95
About: ÂTexas, by God!
About: ÂTexas, by God!
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