Walter Durbin: Texas Ranger and Sheriff

Stephens, Robert W.

Published by Clarendon Press, Clarendon, Texas, 1970

About this Item

A scarce regional Western biography recounting the life of frontier lawman Walter Durbin, a Texas Ranger and later sheriff active during the turbulent cattle-trail era of the late nineteenth century. Drawing on a long-lost manuscript attributed to Durbin himself, Robert W. Stephens reconstructs the experiences of a gunfighter-turned-lawman who rode during the closing years of the American frontier. Durbin s career in the Texas Rangers during the 1880s placed him amid gunfights, cattle drives, frontier justice, and the transformation of the Texas Panhandle from open range to settled towns. The work preserves first-hand recollections of frontier violence and law enforcement rarely documented in official records. Local press Clarendon Press issued the book in a small regional printing, making surviving copies relatively scarce. Today it remains a valued primary narrative for historians of Texas Ranger lore and the mythology of the American West. Dust jacket has tears, rips as book is in near fine condition with no writing or marks on the cover or in the text.

Seller Inventory # C1127We3

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Walter Durbin: Texas Ranger and Sheriff
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Clarendon, Texas
• Publication Date: 1970
• Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good