|
Texas Ranger Tales: Stories That Need Telling | 
 enlarge | Author: Mike Cox
Publisher: Republic of Texas
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
Buy New: $11.25
You Save: $7.70 (41%)
New (15) Used (11) Collectible (1) from $10.64
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 74924
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1556225377
Dewey Decimal Number: 976.4
EAN: 9781556225376
ASIN: 1556225377
Publication Date: June 25, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Book is BRAND NEW
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
They were men who could not be stampeded, said the late Colonel Homer Garrison Jr. of the men who wore the badge of the Texas Rangers. Colonist Stephen F. Austin, during the earliest days of Anglo settlement in Texas, wrote that he would employ 10 men to act as 'rangers' for the common defense... and thus, the famous Texas Rangers came into being. An important part of Texas history, these few good men were distinguished, unique even among themselves, and soon, even mythical. The myths and traditions surrounding the Rangers have endured and evolved. Today the Texas Rangers are among the most respected law enforcement agencies in the world.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Not Stampeded February 15, 2008
Stephen F Austin once wrote during the early days of the Anglo settlement in Texas that he would "employ ten men to act as 'rangers' for the common defense." Thus were the famous Texas Rangers born. The Rangers are an important part of the history of Texas. About them have endured and evolved numerous myths and traditions. One of which is that the Texas Rangers could not be stampeded according to the late Colonel Homer Garrison.
Mike Cox tells folksy tales, the kind that we would all enjoy around a campfire. In the early 1870's Ranger Tedford and several other Rangers were scouting the headwaters of the Llano River. They were under strict orders not to shoot unless they came upon Indians. The order was mildly irritating to the Rangers until they crossed a hill and came upon a bear. What would they do? One Ranger suggested roping it. One can imagine what could have happened.
Even the chapter where Cox tells about eating coyote is folksy. Comanches had attacked settlers in Coleman County in West Texas. The Rangers trailed the Indians across Runnels and Coke Counties into
Nolan County. At that point the Rangers were running out of supplies and there was no game around except ... a coyote. Years later a Ranger named Rogers recalled that another Ranger named Elkins was so hungry he ate a half-quarter of the coyote. "Pass the coyote, please."
Very entertaining April 7, 2007
From the personalities of pack mules like Old Monk that Rangers used on the scout to celloid cowboy Tom Mix's fraudulent claim to have been a Ranger, Mike Cox does a very entertaining job on these 27 stories of the legendary lawmen. We learn, for instance, why it often took only a few of them to arrest scores of armed men: "Saw our guns cocked, I reckon," said Ranger Capt. Roy Aldrich, and that their famous star-in-a-wheel badge is still cut from the soft silver of a Mexican cinco peso coin. Cox's reviews in the appendix of ten classic Ranger narratives, published between 1847 and 1928, alone are worth the price of the book. But the stories that need telling are also worth the telling, and worth the buying.
 Texas Ranger Tales June 1, 2000
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Mike Cox has written a fun, fact filled essay that is a quick and easy read. Each chapter is a separate story related to some past instance of Texas Ranger history. This book does not contain popular stories, in fact, most of the chapters cover obscure events, which makes it very interesting for true fans of this elite agency. I am afraid, however, that most people will not get much interest out of some of the chapters. I would have to disagree with Mr. Cox, and say that some of these stories really don't "need telling".
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
