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PublisherTexas A&M University Press

ISBN-101585445533

ISBN-139781585445530

eBay Product ID (ePID)58667989

Product Key Features

Number of Pages168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJohn B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman

SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Adventurers & Explorers, General, Agriculture / General, Criminals & Outlaws, Sociology / Rural

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorChuck Parsons

SeriesCanseco-Keck History Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-011363

Dewey Edition23

Reviews..." exceptionally well-researched from a number of primary and secondary sources ... the definitive study of Armstrong. Armstrong's story is worth telling and Parsons tells it well." -- Jerry Thompson, "Armstrong was a hero for the ages, a man of high integrity and no-nonsense values. He was truly one of the great Texas Rangers. Achilles may have had Homer, but Armstrong, thank heaven, has Parsons." -- David Johnson, ... exceptionally well-researched from a number of primary and secondary sources... the definitive study of Armstrong. Armstrong's story is worth telling and Parsons tells it well. - Jerry Thompson, Series Editor ""Armstrong was a hero for the ages, a man of high integrity and no-nonsense values. He was truly one of the great Texas Rangers. Achilles may have had Homer, but Armstrong, thank heaven, has Parsons."" - David Johnson, author of The Mason County ""Hoo Doo"" War, 1874-1902

Series Volume Number10

IllustratedYes

Afterword byKelton, Elmer

Dewey Decimal976.405092

Synopsis"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. Hardin's arrest assured Armstrong a place in history, but his story is larger, fuller, and even more important--and until now it has never been told. Serving in the Rangers' 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 force's efforts, especially in pursuit and apprehension of gunmen and cattle rustlers in the region. As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas." Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancher's life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers., "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. Hardin's arrest assured Armstrong a place in history, but his story is larger, fuller, and even more important--and until now it has never been told. Serving in the Rangers' 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 force's efforts, especially in pursuit and apprehension of gunmen and cattle rustlers in the region. As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas." Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancher's life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers., 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. Hardin's arrest assured Armstrong a place in history. This title tells the story of John B Armstrong., "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. Hardin's arrest assured Armstrong a place in history, but his story is larger, fuller, and even more important--and until now it has never been told. Serving in the Rangers' 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 force's efforts, especially in pursuit and apprehension of gunmen and cattle rustlers in the region. As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas." Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancher's life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers.

LC Classification NumberF391.A73P37 2006