The Resource Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald, Harold J. Weiss, Jr
Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald, Harold J. Weiss, Jr
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The item Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald, Harold J. Weiss, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald, Harold J. Weiss, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Captain Bill McDonald's (1852-1918) admirers rank him as one of the great captains of Texas Ranger history. His detractors see him as an irresponsible lawman who precipitated violence, hungered for publicity, and related tall tales that cast himself in the hero's role. This title seeks to find the true Bill McDonald and sort fact from myth
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 436 pages)
- Contents
-
- List of maps and illustrations
- Preface
- Part 1. Emergence of a ranger officer. Introduction: Bill McDonald, the historical record, and the popular mind ; The making of a Texas lawman ; Captain Bill and Company B in the Panhandle ; A gunfight between two guardians of the law ; Proceed to El Paso: the Rangers and prizefighting ; A bank robbery in Wichita Falls
- Part 2. Waning days of the frontier battalion ; San Saba mob: a murder society ; Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus ; Humphries case: an East Texas lynching ; Finale of the Frontier Battalion
- Part 3. An aging lawman: highs and lows ; Forming a new Ranger force ; Conditt murder case: a study in detection ; Brownsville affair: a muddled incident ; Rio Grande city: the last stand ; The end comes: state revenue agent and other roles
- Isbn
- 9781597345897
- Label
- Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald
- Title
- Yours to command
- Title remainder
- the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald
- Statement of responsibility
- Harold J. Weiss, Jr
- Subject
-
- 1846-1950
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
- History
- McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918
- McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918
- Peace officers
- Peace officers -- Texas -- Biography
- Texas
- Texas -- History -- 1846-1950
- Texas Rangers
- Texas Rangers -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Captain Bill McDonald's (1852-1918) admirers rank him as one of the great captains of Texas Ranger history. His detractors see him as an irresponsible lawman who precipitated violence, hungered for publicity, and related tall tales that cast himself in the hero's role. This title seeks to find the true Bill McDonald and sort fact from myth
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weiss, Harold J
- Dewey number
- 363.28
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F391.M142
- LC item number
- W456 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Frances B. Vick series
- Series volume
- no. 5
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- McDonald, William Jesse
- Texas Rangers
- Peace officers
- Texas
- Frontier and pioneer life
- McDonald, William Jesse
- Texas Rangers
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Peace officers
- Texas
- Label
- Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald, Harold J. Weiss, Jr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-414) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of maps and illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1. Emergence of a ranger officer. Introduction: Bill McDonald, the historical record, and the popular mind ; The making of a Texas lawman ; Captain Bill and Company B in the Panhandle ; A gunfight between two guardians of the law ; Proceed to El Paso: the Rangers and prizefighting ; A bank robbery in Wichita Falls -- Part 2. Waning days of the frontier battalion ; San Saba mob: a murder society ; Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus ; Humphries case: an East Texas lynching ; Finale of the Frontier Battalion -- Part 3. An aging lawman: highs and lows ; Forming a new Ranger force ; Conditt murder case: a study in detection ; Brownsville affair: a muddled incident ; Rio Grande city: the last stand ; The end comes: state revenue agent and other roles
- Control code
- 613192840
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 436 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781597345897
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 255549
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)613192840
- Label
- Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald, Harold J. Weiss, Jr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-414) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of maps and illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1. Emergence of a ranger officer. Introduction: Bill McDonald, the historical record, and the popular mind ; The making of a Texas lawman ; Captain Bill and Company B in the Panhandle ; A gunfight between two guardians of the law ; Proceed to El Paso: the Rangers and prizefighting ; A bank robbery in Wichita Falls -- Part 2. Waning days of the frontier battalion ; San Saba mob: a murder society ; Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus ; Humphries case: an East Texas lynching ; Finale of the Frontier Battalion -- Part 3. An aging lawman: highs and lows ; Forming a new Ranger force ; Conditt murder case: a study in detection ; Brownsville affair: a muddled incident ; Rio Grande city: the last stand ; The end comes: state revenue agent and other roles
- Control code
- 613192840
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 436 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781597345897
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 255549
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)613192840
Subject
- 1846-1950
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
- History
- McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918
- McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918
- Peace officers
- Peace officers -- Texas -- Biography
- Texas
- Texas -- History -- 1846-1950
- Texas Rangers
- Texas Rangers -- Biography
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