Cowboy Bookworm

Brroks was a reckless adventurer on the American and Texas frontier, and a quick-draw Texas Ranger captain who later turned in his six-shooter to serve as a county judge, Brooks embodied the raucous era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century

John Harris Rogers (1863–1930) served in Texas law enforcement for more than four decades as a Texas Ranger, deputy and U.S. marshal, city police chief, and in the private sector as a security agent.

In thirty years, Texas Ranger Lewis Rigler witnessed an era of political and social turbulence and change in the state as well as within the Ranger force he had sworn to serve. His service involved investigations into kidnappings, murders, strike violence

"Texas, by God!" 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.

This is the biography of one of the greatest of the early Texas Rangers and one of the most colorful characters Texas produced.

Robert Hall was a true Texian: a pioneer settler, Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, and veteran of three wars (the war for Texas Independence, the Mexican War, and the Civil War). Hardback with dust jacket - 5 1/2x8 1/2. 160 pp. 8 b&w photos. 10 illus. Index.