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- Whiskey River Ranger: The Old West Life of Baz Outlaw
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of North Texas Press
- Series: Frances B. Vick Series
summary
Captain Frank Jones, a famed nineteenth-century Texas Ranger, said of his company-s top sergeant, Baz Outlaw (1854-1894), "A man of unusual courage and coolness and in a close place is worth two or three ordinary men." Another old-time Texas Ranger declared that Baz Outlaw "was one of the worst and most dangerous" because "he never knew what fear was." But not all thought so highly of him. In Whiskey River Ranger, Bob Alexander tells for the first time the full story of this troubled Texas Ranger and his losing battle with alcoholism. In his career Baz Outlaw wore a badge as a Texas Ranger and also as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He could be a fearless and crackerjack lawman, as well as an unmanageable manic. Although Baz Outlaw's badge-wearing career was sometimes heroically creditable, at other times his self-induced nightmarish imbroglios teased and tested Texas Ranger management's resoluteness. Baz Outlaw's true-life story is jam-packed with fellows owning well-known names, including Texas Rangers, city marshals, sheriffs, and steely-eyed mean-spirited miscreants. Baz Outlaw's tale is complete with horseback chases, explosive train robberies, vigilante justice (or injustice), nighttime ambushes and bushwhacking, and episodes of scorching six-shooter finality. Baz met his end in a brothel brawl at the hands of John Selman, the same gunfighter who killed John Wesley Hardin.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xx
- 1. A Magnetic Lone Star
- pp. 1-27
- 2. Great Prudence and Good Judgment
- pp. 28-64
- 4. Making the Shoe Pinch Too Close
- pp. 91-120
- 5. One of the Worst and Most Dangerous
- pp. 121-145
- 6. Worth Two or Three Ordinary Men
- pp. 146-167
- 7. Couldn’t Leave Liquor Alone
- pp. 168-193
- 8. Insulted in the Presence of Ladies
- pp. 194-222
- 9. Simply Cannot Control Himself
- pp. 223-250
- 10. Undaunted Courage and Fine Generalship
- pp. 251-267
- 11. In Arrest When He Died
- pp. 268-290
- Bibliography
- pp. 353-364
Additional Information
ISBN
9781574416398
Related ISBN(s)
9781574416312
MARC Record
OCLC
946887037
Pages
448
Launched on MUSE
2016-04-25
Language
English
Open Access
No