Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald

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YOURS TO COMMAND THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF TEXAS RANGER CAPTAIN BILL MCDONALD HAROLD J. WEISS, JR. UniversityofNorthTexasPress Denton, Texas Number 5 in the Frances B. Vick Series © 2009 Harold J. Weiss All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Permissions: University of North Texas Press 1155 Union Circle #311336 Denton, TX 76203-5017 The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48.1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weiss, Harold J. Yours to command : the life and legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald / Harold J. Weiss, Jr. p. cm. -- (Frances B. Vick series ; no. 5) Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Indiana University, 1980. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-57441-260-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. McDonald, William Jesse, 1852-1918. 2. Texas Rangers--Biography. 3. Peace officers--Texas-Biography . 4. Texas--History--1846-1950. 5. Frontier and pioneer life--Texas. I. Title. II. Series: Frances B. Vick series ; no. 5. F391.M142W456 2009 363.28--dc22 [B] 2009002367 Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald is Number 5 in the Frances B. Vick Series Permission has been given to reprint all or part of the following article by the author: “The Texas Rangers and Captain Bill McDonald in General—And the Conditt Murder Case in Particular,” South Texas Studies 9 (1998): 52–70. Reprinted with permission of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Victoria College, Victoria, Texas. ...