Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger
by William Warren Sterling
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover Cloth 527 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1959. Attractive tan buckram boards with leatherette 1/4 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
"General Bill" Sterling, as his friends called him, was a Texas Ranger of the old tradition—hard-riding and fearless but not a killer. Rising through the ranks, he became commander of the famed Rangers in the 1930s, when he served as adjutant general of Texas. His own story, told with warmth and vigor, is filled with adventures in the South Texas cattle country, the remote Ranger camps on the Río Grande, and the early Texas oil fields.
As captain of Company D, the last horseback ranger company, he scouted on practically all the large ranches in Texas, pursuing bandits, rustlers, and outlaws. He participated in the conflicts, political and otherwise, that characterized early twentieth-century Texas. Through his skill, courage, and devotion to duty, coupled with a genuinely compassionate nature, he became a legend in the Southwest. This memoir is rich in stories that are dry, droll, and full of punch—a genuine work of southwestern Americana, Texas style.
Bob Schoenke's drawings are complemented by many rare photographs of Rangers and the land they patrolled, as well as individuals from all walks of life with whom the General was acquainted.
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- Seller
- River House Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 657231
- Title
- Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger
- Author
- William Warren Sterling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 527
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Texana; Biography; First Editions;
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