Texas Ranger: Jack Hays in the Frontier Southwestvolume 50

by James K. Greer

Book Overview

John Coffee Hays helped to forge the legend of what a Texas Ranger was. Arriving in Texas in 1836 but just missing the famous battles of the Texas Revolution, nineteen-year-old Hays soon had Sam Houston urging him to join a new group of Rangers. Once out on the frontier, Hays's careful planning and bold-indeed, sensational-forays against the Comanches soon earned him a colorful reputation and a host of nicknames. At twenty-three Hays was commissioned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890965722
• ISBN13: 9780890965726
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"