Riding Lucifer's Line : Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border /
The Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is-or at least can be-risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Frances B. Vick series ;
no. 11. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is-or at least can be-risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for over one hundred forty years before them did, today's Texas Rangers continue to battle violence and transnational criminals along the Texas-Mexico border." In Riding Lucifer's Line, Bob Alexander, in his characteristic storytelling style, surveys the personal tragedies of twenty-five Texas Rangers who made th |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 404 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781574415131 1574415131 1299610730 9781299610736 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
