The Texas Rangers

Posted on June 17, 2008 | Comments Off on The Texas Rangers

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This was Company B of the old Frontier Battalion about 1880. (Here’s today’s Company B.) About half through now with a review copy of Texana author Mike Cox’s new book on the rangers, The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso 1821 – 1900, I can endorse it with only a quibble or two. Basically it’s a worthy updating of Walter Webb’s 1935 classic. More when I finish it.

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0 responses to “The Texas Rangers”

  1. Stephanie's avatar Stephanie | June 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm |

    Hi Dick-
    If you’d like your blog
    to be a stop on my Western blog tour, let me know.
    Stephanie Barko
    Literary Publicist
    http://www.authorsassistant.com

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | June 18, 2008 at 7:41 pm |

    Hi Stephanie. Sure, that would fine.

  3. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | June 21, 2008 at 3:07 am |

    Cattle rustling? Is this still a pastime popular in Texas?

  4. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | June 21, 2008 at 3:07 am |

    Cattle rustling? Is this still a pastime popular in Texas?

  5. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | June 21, 2008 at 11:17 am |

    Some, but not much. Not that much cattle business anymore. The Frontier Battalion mainly fought the Commanches. The modern rangers are detectives, some of them with accounting degrees.