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Captain John H. Rogers, Texas Ranger by Paul N. Spellman (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of North Texas Press
ISBN-101574411594
ISBN-139781574411591
eBay Product ID (ePID)2440726
Product Key Features
Book TitleCaptain John H. Rogers, Texas Ranger
Number of PagesXvii, 270 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorPaul N. Spellman
Book SeriesFrances B. Vick Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18.4 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-151871
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume NumberNo. 1
Dewey Decimal363.2/092 B
SynopsisJohn 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. He is recognized in history as one of the legendary Four Captains of the Ranger force that helped make the transition from the Frontier Battalion days into the twentieth century, yet no one has fully researched and written about his life. Paul N. Spellman now presents the first full-length biography of this enigmatic man. During his years as a Ranger, Rogers observed and participated in the civilizing of West Texas. As the rall-roads moved out in the 1880s, towns grew up too quickly, lawlessness was the rule, and the Rangers were soon called in to establish order. Rogers was nearly always there. Likewise he participated in some of the most dramatic and significant events during the closing years of the Frontier Battalion: the Brown County fence cutting wars: the East Texas Conner Fight: the El Paso/Langtry Prizefight; the riots during the Laredo Quarantine; and the hunts for Hill Loftis and Gregorio Cortez. Rogers was the lawman who captured Cortez to close out one of the most infamo
LC Classification NumberHV7911.R645S67 2003
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