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" Captain J.A. Brooks : "
Paul N. Spellman.
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BL
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1022194
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b776564
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| Main Entry
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Spellman, Paul N.
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| Title & Author
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Captain J.A. Brooks : : Texas Ranger /\ Paul N. Spellman.
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| Publication Statement
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Denton, Tex. :: University of North Texas Press,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Frances B. Vick series ;; no. 3
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1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) :: illustrations, map, portraits.
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| ISBN
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128120918X
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: 1433710072
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: 1435623134
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: 1574413902
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: 6611209182
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: 9781281209184
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: 9781433710070
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: 9781435623132
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: 9781574413908
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: 9786611209186
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1574412272
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9781574412277
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Old Kentucky Home; 2. A Texas Ranger; 3. The Shoot-Outs; 4. The Garza War; 5. Prizefight in El Paso; 6. Deadly Streets of Cotulla; 7. Trouble in Colorado County; 8. The Ranger Force; 9. The Baker/De La Cerda Incident; 10. Batson Prairie Oil; 11. Keeping the Peace in the Valley; 12. Texas Legislator and County Judge; 13. Falfurrias, Brooks County.
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| Abstract
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Tells the story of James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944), one of the four Great Captains in Texas Ranger history, others including Bill McDonald, John Hughes, and John Rogers. Brooks embodied the raucous era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American West.
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Brooks, James Abijah,1855-1944.
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Brooks, James Abijah,1855-1944.
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Texas Rangers
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Texas Rangers.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.2092B
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HV7911.B76S74 2007eb
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