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Download or read book Colonel Jack Hays, Texas Ranger written by Harry McCorry Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author: James K. Greer
Publisher:
Published: 1952
Total Pages: 444
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Coffee Hays was a soldier, surveyor, Ranger, officer in the Mexican War, and explorer, Tennessee and Mississppi were already part of him. He was one of the keymen who maintained the Republic of Texas and then helped make it into a state. Yet he left San Antopnio for the Gila River country to head an Indian agency, and went on to California, where he was a sheriff, Federal surveyor general, and town developer before he entered his long period as gentleman ranchman and capitalist, to say nothing of his influence in politics and his exemplary life.
Download or read book Colonel Jack Hays written by James K. Greer and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Coffee Hays was a soldier, surveyor, Ranger, officer in the Mexican War, and explorer, Tennessee and Mississppi were already part of him. He was one of the keymen who maintained the Republic of Texas and then helped make it into a state. Yet he left San Antopnio for the Gila River country to head an Indian agency, and went on to California, where he was a sheriff, Federal surveyor general, and town developer before he entered his long period as gentleman ranchman and capitalist, to say nothing of his influence in politics and his exemplary life.
Author: James K. Greer
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Centennial series of the Association Former Students, Texas A & M Univ. ; no. 50." Hay's colorful reputation and a host of nicknames earned during battles.
Download or read book Texas Ranger written by James K. Greer and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Centennial series of the Association Former Students, Texas A & M Univ. ; no. 50." Hay's colorful reputation and a host of nicknames earned during battles.
Author: Gene Shelton
Publisher: D D Western
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780385414111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoining the legendary Texas Rangers at the tender age of twenty-two, Captain Jack becomes the captain of his own company within a year and transforms the Rangers into the most effective cavalry force in history
Download or read book Captain Jack written by Gene Shelton and published by D D Western. This book was released on 1991 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joining the legendary Texas Rangers at the tender age of twenty-two, Captain Jack becomes the captain of his own company within a year and transforms the Rangers into the most effective cavalry force in history
Author: John Salmon Ford
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-06-28
Total Pages: 745
ISBN-13: 0292789203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn original source history detailing the years of Texas’s independence and annexation from a nineteenth-century Texas Ranger and politician. The Republic of Texas was still in its first exultation over independence when John Salmon “Rip” Ford arrived from South Carolina in June of 1836. Ford stayed to participate in virtually every major event in Texas history during the next sixty years. Doctor, lawyer, surveyor, newspaper reporter, elected representative, and above all, soldier and Indian fighter, Ford sat down in his old age to record the events of the turbulent years through which he had lived. Stephen Oates has edited Ford’s memoirs to produce a clear and vigorous personal history of Texas.
Download or read book Rip Ford's Texas written by John Salmon Ford and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original source history detailing the years of Texas’s independence and annexation from a nineteenth-century Texas Ranger and politician. The Republic of Texas was still in its first exultation over independence when John Salmon “Rip” Ford arrived from South Carolina in June of 1836. Ford stayed to participate in virtually every major event in Texas history during the next sixty years. Doctor, lawyer, surveyor, newspaper reporter, elected representative, and above all, soldier and Indian fighter, Ford sat down in his old age to record the events of the turbulent years through which he had lived. Stephen Oates has edited Ford’s memoirs to produce a clear and vigorous personal history of Texas.
Author: Gene Shelton
Publisher: Jove
Published: 1993-09
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780515111927
DOWNLOAD EBOOKColor illustration on front cover of color photograph of a western saddle, rifle, rattlesnake and steer skull lying in the sand.
Download or read book Captain Jack written by Gene Shelton and published by Jove. This book was released on 1993-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color illustration on front cover of color photograph of a western saddle, rifle, rattlesnake and steer skull lying in the sand.
Author: Jeffery Robenalt
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Published: 2011-06
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 1612044794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSixteen-year-old Caleb McAdams and his family sell their prosperous farm in Tennessee and head for Texas to escape a deadly feud, but danger also lurks on the Texas frontier. While Caleb is out rounding up longhorns, his family is massacred by Comanches during the great raid of 1840. Seeking revenge, Caleb volunteers to fight with Captain Jack Hays and the Texas Rangers at the battle of Plum Creek. In Star over Texas Caleb McAdams volunteers for service in The Mexican-American War.
Download or read book Saga of a Texas Ranger written by Jeffery Robenalt and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Caleb McAdams and his family sell their prosperous farm in Tennessee and head for Texas to escape a deadly feud, but danger also lurks on the Texas frontier. While Caleb is out rounding up longhorns, his family is massacred by Comanches during the great raid of 1840. Seeking revenge, Caleb volunteers to fight with Captain Jack Hays and the Texas Rangers at the battle of Plum Creek. In Star over Texas Caleb McAdams volunteers for service in The Mexican-American War.
Author: Bruce S. Allardice
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0826266487
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Allardice provides detailed biographical information on 1,583 Confederate colonels, both staff and line officers and members of all armies. In his introduction, he explains how one became a colonel -- the mustering process, election of officers, reorganizing of regiments -- and discusses problems of the nominating process, seniority, and "rank inflation""--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Confederate Colonels written by Bruce S. Allardice and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Allardice provides detailed biographical information on 1,583 Confederate colonels, both staff and line officers and members of all armies. In his introduction, he explains how one became a colonel -- the mustering process, election of officers, reorganizing of regiments -- and discusses problems of the nominating process, seniority, and "rank inflation""--Provided by publisher.
Author: Darren L. Ivey
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2017-10-15
Total Pages: 672
ISBN-13: 1574417010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEstablished in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service which has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. Thirty-one Rangers, with lives spanning more than two centuries, have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 1: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1823-1861, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the seven inductees who served Texas before the Civil War. He begins with Stephen F. Austin, “the Father of Texas,” who laid the foundations of the Ranger service, and then covers John C. Hays, Ben McCulloch, Samuel H. Walker, William A. A. “Bigfoot” Wallace, John S. Ford, and Lawrence Sul Ross. Using primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, The Ranger Ideal presents the true stories of these intrepid men who fought to tame a land with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 1 is the first of a planned three-volume series covering all of the Texas Rangers inducted in the Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas.
Download or read book The Ranger Ideal Volume 1 written by Darren L. Ivey and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service which has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. Thirty-one Rangers, with lives spanning more than two centuries, have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 1: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1823-1861, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the seven inductees who served Texas before the Civil War. He begins with Stephen F. Austin, “the Father of Texas,” who laid the foundations of the Ranger service, and then covers John C. Hays, Ben McCulloch, Samuel H. Walker, William A. A. “Bigfoot” Wallace, John S. Ford, and Lawrence Sul Ross. Using primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, The Ranger Ideal presents the true stories of these intrepid men who fought to tame a land with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 1 is the first of a planned three-volume series covering all of the Texas Rangers inducted in the Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas.
Author: Stephen Coonts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-06-13
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 1621575292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts delivers another nail-biting thriller starring CIA Director Jake Grafton and his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini. The president of the United States stands on an outdoor stage, flanked by powerful members of his administration and party. Television crews are preparing for broadcast. High above the stage, on a nearby rooftop, a decorated sniper adjusts the scope on his rifle. Afterwards, America will never be the same. Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of the law when a public act of violence throws the country into chaos just before a presidential election. After martial law is declared and rioting begins, Grafton and Carmellini must risk everything to unravel a massive conspiracy and help a new resistance movement rise up against an unimaginable enemy…
Download or read book Liberty's Last Stand written by Stephen Coonts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts delivers another nail-biting thriller starring CIA Director Jake Grafton and his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini. The president of the United States stands on an outdoor stage, flanked by powerful members of his administration and party. Television crews are preparing for broadcast. High above the stage, on a nearby rooftop, a decorated sniper adjusts the scope on his rifle. Afterwards, America will never be the same. Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of the law when a public act of violence throws the country into chaos just before a presidential election. After martial law is declared and rioting begins, Grafton and Carmellini must risk everything to unravel a massive conspiracy and help a new resistance movement rise up against an unimaginable enemy…
