Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881

by James B. Gillett

Book Overview

Texas in the nineteenth century was a dangerous place. The Texas Rangers were there to keep people safe. James Gillett joined the rangers in 1875 with the task of repressing domestic foes of this frontier region where banditry flourished and crimes of violence were committed with appalling frequency. He joined Company D of the Texas Rangers at the age of just seventeen. For the next six years he would be combatting horse thieves and murderers, fighting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519083645
• ISBN13: 9781519083647
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"