Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century

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CONTENTS Timeline: 20th Century Texas Ranger History vii Harold J. Weiss, Jr. Acknowledgmentsxv Introduction: In Pursuit of the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century 1 Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr. Bridging Two Centuries Tales of the Texas Rangers 25 Robert M. Utley Articles 1. Capt. Bill McDonald at Rio Grande City 37 Harold J. Weiss, Jr. 2. Cowboys and Bandidos: Authority and Race in West Texas, 1913–191850 Miguel A. Levario 3. Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution 71 Charles H. Harris, III and Louis R. Sadler 4. Dark Days of the Texas Rangers, 1915–1918 79 Paul N. Spellman 5. Establishing Law and Order in the Oil Fields: The 1924 Ranger Raids in Navarro County, Texas 98 James R. Ward 6. The Sherman Riot 108 Mike Cox 7. Bonnie and Clyde in Texas: The End of the Texas Outlaw Tradition 120 Mitchel Roth Photo Gallery 8. The Modernization of the Texas Rangers, 1933–1936 133 Stephen W. Schuster, IV 9. Science Against the Criminal: Captain M. T. Gonzaullas 147 Brownson Malsch 10. Ranger Arthur Hill in Dallas 162 S. E. Spinks 11. The Modern Texas Rangers: A Law-Enforcement Dilemma in the Rio Grande Valley 175 Ben H. Procter 12. Homicides and Questionable Deaths: A Window into the Method 193 H. Joaquin Jackson with James L. Haley 13. Captain Barry Caver on the Republic of Texas Standoff 204 Barry Caver with Robert Nieman 14. Law of the Land 238 Pamela Colloff The Twentieth Century Texas Rangers: A Selected Bibliography 259 Harold J. Weiss, Jr. and Bruce A. Glasrud Contributors263 Source Credits 266 Index268 ...