A Texas Ranger And Frontiersman The Days Of Buck Barry In Texas 1845-1906

Greer, James K.

Published by The Southwest Press, Dallas Texas, 1932

About this Item

254 pages, frontis, maps, photos, illustrations, minor wear, the rare un-clipped jacket has shallow chipping to edges, and a small pencil size hole on spine. Several pages still un-opened, bound without the illustration list as issued. The jacket for this title is extremely difficult to obtain. Rader 1682, Texas Rangers, outlaws, ranching, Comanches, Indian raids, Dove Creek Fight, settlers, etc. Howes G398, Herd 927. Jenkins Basic Texas Books 11, ?This is the best memoir of a Texas Ranger during the mid-19th century. Greer edited the memoirs, which were incomplete at Barry?s death. They are based on his manuscript reminiscences, his diaries and his correspondence. As a colonel of the Rangers during the Civil War, he commanded a force that protected virtually all of the western border of settled Texas from Indian incursions. It is this part of his memoirs which is richest in detail. Barry?s contemporaries thought him the epitome of the Indian fighting ranger. Charles Goodnight, who served under him, said: ?When he gave an order we knew he meant it.?.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Texas Ranger And Frontiersman The Days Of Buck Barry In Texas 1845-1906
• Publisher: The Southwest Press, Dallas Texas
• Publication Date: 1932
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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