One Ranger Returns (Bridwell Texas History Series)
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- Synopsis
- A retired Texas lawman shares stories of serial killers, labor strikes, and more, in this sequel to the runaway bestselling memoir One Ranger.No Texas Ranger memoir has captured the public&’s imagination like Joaquin Jackson&’s One Ranger. Readers thrilled to Jackson&’s stories of catching criminals and keeping the peace across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border and clamored for more. Now in One Ranger Returns, Jackson reopens his case files to tell more unforgettable stories, while also giving readers a deeply personal view of what being a Texas Ranger has meant to him and his family.Jackson recalls his five-year pursuit of two of America&’s most notorious serial killers: Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole. He sets the record straight about the role of the Texas Rangers during the United Farm Workers strike in the Rio Grande Valley in 1966–1967. Jackson also describes the frustration of trying to solve a cold case from 1938, the brutal murder of a mother and daughter in the lonely desert east of Van Horn. He presents a rogue&’s gallery of cattle rustlers, drug smugglers, and a teetotaling bootlegger named Tom Bybee, a modest, likeable man who became an ax murderer. And in an eloquent concluding chapter, Jackson pays tribute to the Rangers who have gone before him, as well as those who keep the peace today.&“To the good fortune of us all, Jackson is back again, this time with One Ranger Returns. Packed full of compelling accounts of his dealings with smugglers, thieves, murderers, and other lawmen, this long-anticipated sequel promises to rival the original. This man is a true American hero. Don&’t miss reading about his adventures.&” —Cowboy Magazine
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 253 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780292794542
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780292748392
- Publisher:
- University of Texas Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/06/22
- Copyrighted By:
- H. Joaquin Jackson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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