Captain Lh Mcnelly Texas Ranger

Author : Chuck Parsons
Publisher : TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9781880510742
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain L.H. McNelly, Texas Ranger written by Chuck Parsons and published by TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first authentic biography of one of the most famous of the nineteenth century Texas Rangers-Capt. Leander H. McNelly. No history of the murderous Sutton-Taylor Feud, or of the Texas State Police, or of the depredations of the Mexican Gen. Juan H. Cortina, or of the rancher Richard King, or of the infamous Nueces Strip can be written without major emphases on the influence of McNelly and the men who followed him so loyally. Chuck Parsons is a native of Iowa, spending most of his life as an educator in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is the author of seven books and numerous articles, all concerning outlaws and lawmen of Texas and the West. For over six years he wrote a monthly column "The Answer Man" for True West magazine. Parsons currently resides in South Texas. Marianne E. Hall Little is a native Texan and a descendent of three Texas Rangers. She has written sixteen books, mostly stemming from her genealogical research. She has co-authored with Chuck Parsons and James S. Peterson, writing the biography of Mace Bowman Texas Feudist Western Lawman. Little lives in South Texas.

Author : George Durham
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292792476
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Nueces Strip written by George Durham and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Durham’s account is modest and straightforward . . . has many lessons for anyone interested in the history of the Old West, leadership or law enforcement.” —American West Review Only an extraordinary Texas Ranger could have cleaned up bandit-plagued Southwest Texas, between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, in the years following the Civil War. Thousands of raiders on horseback, some of them Anglo-Americans, regularly crossed the river from Mexico to pillage, murder, and rape. Their main objective? To steal cattle, which they herded back across the Rio Grande to sell. Honest citizens found it almost impossible to live in the Nueces Strip. In desperation, the governor of Texas called on an extraordinary man, Captain Leander M. McNelly, to take command of a Ranger company and stop these border bandits. One of McNelly’s recruits for this task was George Durham, a Georgia farm boy in his teens when he joined the “Little McNellys,” as the Captain’s band called themselves. More than half a century later, it was George Durham, the last surviving “McNelly Ranger,” who recounted the exciting tale of taming the Nueces Strip to San Antonio writer Clyde Wantland. In Durham’s account, those long-ago days are brought vividly back to life. Once again the daring McNelly leads his courageous band across Southwest Texas to victories against incredible odds. With a boldness that overcame their dismayingly small number, the McNellys succeeded in bringing law and order to the untamed Nueces Strip—succeeded so well that they antagonized certain “upright” citizens who had been pocketing surreptitious dollars from the bandits’ operations. “The reader seems to smell the acrid gunsmoke and to hear the creak of saddle leather.” —Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Author : N. A. Jennings
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387057464
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Texas Ranger written by N. A. Jennings and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1874, Napoleon Augustus Jennings moved to Texas to join the Rangers under the command of L. H. McNelly. A year later, Jennings was thrown into the conflict between the native Spanish speaking Americans and the English speaking whites who came to settle the area. In an era of cattle thieving and terror, we follow Jennings through the southern border of Texas and find a vivid portrait of life in the late 19th century in one of the most lawless and hardest places to live in the United States.

Author : Elmer Kelton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429912944
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain's Rangers written by Elmer Kelton and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1875, nearly forty years after the Mexican War, Mexicans and Texans are still spilling blood over ownership of the Nueces Strip--a hot, dry stretch of coastal prairie that bushwackers and horse thieves have turned into a lawless hell. Captain L.H. McNelly, a complex and determined Confederate veteran, is brought into the Nueces Strip for one purpose: to keep the peace. His measures are harsh and controversial--but McNelly wasn't sent in to be popular. In this boilerpot of killing and racial hatred, can any man bring lasting peace? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Napoleon Augustus Jennings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Texas Ranger written by Napoleon Augustus Jennings and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chuck Parsons
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 157441304X
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain John R. Hughes, Lone Star Ranger written by Chuck Parsons and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full and complete modern biography of Texas Ranger Captain Hughes, who served as a Texas Ranger from 1887 until early 1915--longer than any other on the force. He first came to the attention of the Rangers after trailing horse thieves and recovering his stock. In his golden years he became a national celebrity, receiving more awards and honors than any other Texas Ranger.

Author : Michael P. Spradlin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802780962
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Rangers written by Michael P. Spradlin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed picture book brings to life the colorful history of the legendary lawmen who fought in the Revolutionary War, defended the Alamo, and crossed enemy lines, by tracing their very first skirmish to their role in modern-day Texas.

Author : Tom Clavin
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250214564
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Follow Me to Hell written by Tom Clavin and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless Texan frontier. In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, apprehending cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals and throwing them in jail or, if that's how they wanted it, six feet under. They would stop at nothing in pursuit of justice, even sending twenty-six Rangers across the border to retrieve stolen cattle—taking on hundreds of Mexican troops with nothing but their Sharps rifles and six-guns. The nation came to call them “McNelly’s Rangers.” Set against the backdrop of 200 years of thrilling Texas Rangers history, this page-turner details the tough life along the Texas border that was tamed by a courageous, yet doomed, captain and his team of fearless men. New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin takes readers deep into the heart of Texas and beyond in this thrilling true account of some of the most legendary frontier lawmen of all time.

Author : Robert Scott
Publisher : Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781571681768
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leander McNelly written by Robert Scott and published by Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a courageous American winning battles with war, terrorism, and bureaucratic red tape, while losing his battle with illness/by Bob Scott.

Author : GP SUMMARY
Publisher : XinXii
ISBN 13 : 3989110306
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Follow Me to Hell by Tom Clavin written by GP SUMMARY and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2023-04-22 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DISCLAIMER This book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book. Summary of Follow Me to Hell by Tom Clavin:McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice IN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET: Chapter astute outline of the main contents. Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis. Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip in the original book Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is a true story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless Texan frontier in 1870s Texas. They even sent 26 Rangers across the border to retrieve stolen cattle, becoming known as "McNelly's Rangers".