Isbn: 9781574413045 - captain john r. hughes, lone star ranger (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition. 400 pages, frontis, illustrations. "The first full and complete modern biography of a man who served as a Texas Ranger from 1887 until early 1915. In his early years he lived in Indian Territory among the Choctaw, Osage, and Comanche Indians, becoming friends with Quanah Parker. Once in Texas, he bought a farm and raised horses on a ranch in Travis County. When horse thieves made off with several horses from his farm and his neighbors, Hughes was determined to hunt them down. He doggedly trailed the thieves for nearly a year, killed several of them in New Mexico, and returned home with the horses, earning the admiration of his neighbors and the Texas Rangers.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition. 400 pages, frontis, illustrations, SIGNED by author. "The first full and complete modern biography of a man who served as a Texas Ranger from 1887 until early 1915. In his early years he lived in Indian Territory among the Choctaw, Osage, and Comanche Indians, becoming friends with Quanah Parker. Once in Texas, he bought a farm and raised horses on a ranch in Travis County. When horse thieves made off with several horses from his farm and his neighbors, Hughes was determined to hunt them down. He doggedly trailed the thieves for nearly a year, killed several of them in New Mexico, and returned home with the horses, earning the admiration of his neighbors and the Texas Rangers.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. xxii, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. ; brown full cloth ; dj. INSCRIBED by Parsons on half-title to Margaret Waring of Comanche, Texas, dated 01 April 2011. This book is the first full and complete modern biography of a man who served as a Texas Ranger from 1887 until 1915. In his early years he lived in Indian Territory among the Choctaw, Osage and Comanche Indians, becoming friends with Quanah Parker. Once in Texas, he bought a farm and raised horses on a ranch in Travis County. When horse thieves made off with several horses from his farm and his neighbors, Hughes was determined to hunt them down. He doggedly trailed the thieves for nearly a year, killed several of them in New Mexico, and returned home with the horses, earning the admiration of his neighbors - and the Texas Rangers. Inscribed by Author(s).…