Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Nineteenth Century

Tracking the Texas Rangers is an anthology of sixteen previously published articles, arranged in chronological history, covering key topics of the intrepid and sometimes controversial law officers named the Texas Rangers. Determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accomplished for the benefit of the state is a difficult challenge-the actions of the Rangers fit no easy description. There is a dark side to the story of the Rangers; during the war with Mexi...