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The Texas Ranger is one of the most cherished symbols of the Lone Star State. While the Alamo is the undisputed symbol of Texas, the Ranger stands as an enduring symbol of the people of Texas. The Rangers were first formed to protect their neighbours from Indian attack, later they fought and died in...
Author
Stephen Hardin
Binding
Paperback
Pages
64
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN #
1855321556
EAN Code
9781855321557
ISBN #
4
Hardly were the last shots fired at the Alamo before the Texas Revolution entered the realm of myth and controversy. French visitor Frederic Gaillardet called it a "Texian Iliad" in 1839, while American Theodore Sedgwick pronounced the war and its resulting legends "almost burlesque." In this highly...
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN #
12
Eighteen-year-old Napoleon Augustus Jennings came to Rexas in 1874 and joined a special force of Texas ranger charged with border patrol under the command of L.H. McNelly. At this time the South Texas region was home to hundreds of outlaws and riffraff, and some three thousand Mexican guerrillas und...
Author
N. A. Jennings
Binding
Paperback
Pages
158
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN #
0806129034
EAN Code
9780806129037
ISBN #
9
Mandred Wood may have caught a glint off the Bowie knife that sank into his belly—but probably not. On the afternoon of November 11, 1837, he had exchanged "harsh epithets" with David James Jones, a hero of the Texas Revolution. When words failed, Jones closed the argument with his blade. Such affra...
Author
Stephen L. Hardin
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
344
Publisher
State House Press
ISBN #
1933337206
EAN Code
9781933337203
ISBN #
8
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Alamo (1836), which was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). On the morning of 6 March 1836 around 1,100 Mexican soldiers under Generalissimo Santa Anna stormed a small mission outside San Antonio, Texas, and slaughtered the garrison of aroun...
Author
Stephen Hardin
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN #
1841760900
EAN Code
9781841760902
ISBN #
5
Winner, T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award Texas Historical Commission Summerfield G. Roberts Award Sons of the Republic of TexasHonorable Mention, Certificate of Commendation, American Association for State and Local HistoryHardly were the last shots fired at the Alamo before the Texas Revolution entered ...
Author
Stephen L. Hardin
Binding
Paperback
Pages
344
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN #
0292731027
EAN Code
9780292731028
ISBN #
1
Book by Stephen L. Hardin
Author
Stephen L. Hardin
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Osprey Publishing, Limited
ISBN #
1841764558
EAN Code
9781841764559
ISBN #
11
Stephen L. Hardin is an American historian and author who is an expert on the history of Texas. Contents. 1 Education; 2 Alamo Historian and Expert...
ISBN #
2
Author
Stephen L. Hardin
ISBN #
0292730861
Author
Stephen L. Hardin
ISBN #
0292731027
Author
Stephen L. Hardin
ISBN #
1933337206