Author:
Cox, Mike, 1948-
Imprint:Plano : Republic of Texas Press, c1997.
Physical Descriptionx, 322 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Note:Samuel Walker's last fight -- "Legs" Lewis loses a king-dom -- Ropin' the bear was the easy part -- "He said rangerin' was a easy life" -- "Pass the coyote, please!" -- Fight at the Haunted Lake -- Corporal Wilson's ride -- Killing of "Caige" Grimes -- Ranger, Texas -- O. Henry and Lee Hall -- Ranger Oden's diary -- Did a Ranger kill A.J. Royal? -- Zane Grey and the Texas Rangers -- Zane Grey and the Rangers II: Joe Sitters -- Iron Gray's last ride -- Readin' ranger -- "Days of our boyhood" -- Old Monk and other ranger mules -- Three hours in the Rangers -- Battle of Borger -- Rx for keeping the peace: Laxatives and a .45 -- Tom Mix: Famous Ranger who wasn't -- "I asked for B.M. Gault" -- "Pappy" Davenport invented phone raids -- Lone Wolf versus the Phantom Killer -- Story of the Silver Star -- Rangers make 'em die laughing.
Note:A collection of stories about Texas Rangers in which the author attempts to separate the myths surrounding these frontier lawmen from actual events.
