9780878332052 - They Rode for the Lone Star: The Saga of the Texas Rangers the Birth of Texas-The Civil War di Knowles, Thomas W. (20 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine and bright with no markings or wear in a fine jacket that has the slightest of wear. Looks about new. Well-made and well-illustrated large format. Nice! 1st printing indicated on copyright page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First printing of first edition. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Unmarked. Jacket with light edge-wear, no chips or tears. 234 pages. Numerous illustrations, mostly in B&W.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. They Rode for the Lone Star: The Saga of the Texas Rangers The Birth of Texas - The Civil War. Inscribed by author on full title page. First edition, first printing published in 1999 by Taylor Publishing Company. Book and jacket both in excellent condition. Not price clipped and not a remainder. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: NEW CONDITION. Condizione sovraccoperta: NEW DUST JACKET. First Edition, First Printing. // NO REMAINDER MARK// NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) // NOT PRICE CLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER// full number line including the "1"//.

red cloth hardbound folio. ~ 2º. very large ("coffee table" size book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. looks new. as new. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). ~ Please Note: book is larger than scanner so the photos are a bit cropped. antique endpaper maps. b&w photo frontis. xx+234p. b&w photo illustrations & drawings throughout. 6 pages of glossy full color illustrations. afterword. appendix. bibliography. index. american history. mexican history. history of texas. american civil war. republic of texas. biography. ~ Charged with the mission of operating beyond the boundaries of civilization with minimal support and no communication from higher authority, they lived and often died by the motto, "Order first, then law will follow. " ~from the Introduction. In the first and only fully illustrated history of the Texas Rangers, Thomas Knowles brings to life the early decades of the Lone Star's defenders. Discover their origins as mounted volunteers and track their evolution into loose~knit militia in the service of Texas, special U.S. forces during the Mexican War, and highly~respected cavalry units for the Confederacy. Along the way, meet some of the most famous heroes who served with the Texas Rangers: Samuel Walker, Benjamin McCulloch, "Rip" Ford, Noah Smithwick, and the most famous of Ranger captains, Jack Hays. Always outnumbered and often alone, the Rangers confronted the fierce challenges of the frontier with skills and weapons adapted to their needs, providing them the means to "ride like Mexicans, track like Indians, shoot like Tennesseeans, and fight like the very Devil himself." They Rode for the Lone Star burns away the myths and excavates a rich and detailed history of the Rangers' first decades of service, as their roles and organization changed to meet the demands of a young and turbulent Texas. They patrolled the fringes of the colonies, clashed with the armies of Santa Anna in the struggle for Texas independence, strengthened the borders of the Republic, waged bloody war in Mexico after U.S. annexation, and rode into combat against the blue~outfitted Union army under the flag of the Confederacy. With a historian's broad perspective and a novelist's imagery and characterization, Knowles renders a vivid depiction of the Rangers' deeds and development, from their inception as Stephen F. Austin's ideal of mounted volunteers through their service in the Civil War. From citizen soldiers and scouts to lawmen and militia, the Texas Rangers have protected the state's vast frontier since its early settlement. Their living legend inspired countless dime novels and movie serials, and later gave life to such icons as The Lone Ranger, Ranger captains Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call of Lonesome Dove, and Walker, Texas Ranger. The stories and larger~than~life personalities that fill the pages of They Rode for the Lone Star give ample proof of the Rangers' ability to spark the imaginations of those who love tales of Texas and the Old West.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. xx, 234 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9780878332052, 0878332057 ; OCLC 768255178 ; red cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Following the success of Knowles's critically-acclaimed They Rode for the Lone Star: The Saga of the Texas Rangers, The Birth of Texas -- The Civil War, this second volume completes the saga of Texas' original lawmen. Tracing the state's transformation after the Civil War, The Border Wars -- The 21st Century chronicles the force as they evolved from the frontier's finest combat cavalry soldiers into the Wild West's most effective lawmen, and finally into elite officers of one of the modern world's most respected law enforcement agencies. They Rode for the Lone Star follows the Rangers through a half-century of border wars with Mexico. It recounts the Frontier Battalion's final Indian fights as they drove their enemies along the Black Road to defeat and the Special State Troops' capture of outlaws such as Sam Bass and John Wesley Hardin. The twentieth century brought forth a host of social ills and dangers. They Rode for the Lone Star documents agency activities in this century including: -- M. T. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas's fight against organized criminal gangs drunk on wildcat oil, dirty money, and bootleg liquor -- Red Burton's famous stand against the Ku Klux Klan -- Frank Hamer's 102-day interstate manhunt for notorious killers Bonnie and Clyde. This new volume follows the contemporary Ranger force as they combat high-tech extortionists, kidnappers, and serial killers with the latest tools in the arsenal of modern criminal science. Knowles also examines how the legends of the Rangers drew from reality. The stories and larger-than-life personalities that fill the pages of They Rode for the Lone Star give ample proof of the Texas Rangers' ability to spark the imaginations of all readers, those who love tales of the Old West and those who honor the traditions of the law enforcement profession. ; Thomas W. Knowles has worked as a reporter, photographer, columnist, and news editor, as a program coordinator and instructor at Texas A&M ; FINE/FINE. Book.

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