Author: Robert M. Utley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198029322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West. In Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. The Rangers began in the 1820s as loose groups of citizen soldiers, banding together to chase Indians and Mexicans on the raw Texas frontier. Utley shows how, under the leadership of men like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch, these fiercely independent fighters were transformed into a well-trained, cohesive team. Armed with a revolutionary new weapon, Samuel Colt's repeating revolver, they became a deadly fighting force, whether battling Comanches on the plains or storming the city of Monterey in the Mexican-American War. As the Rangers evolved from part-time warriors to full-time lawmen by 1874, they learned to face new dangers, including homicidal feuds, labor strikes, and vigilantes turned mobs. They battled train robbers, cattle thieves and other outlaws--it was Rangers, for example, who captured John Wesley Hardin, the most feared gunman in the West. Based on exhaustive research in Texas archives, this is the most authoritative history of the Texas Rangers in over half a century. It will stand alongside other classics of Western history by Robert M. Utley--a vivid portrait of the Old West and of the legendary men who kept the law on the lawless frontier.
Lone Star Justice
Author: Robert M. Utley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198029322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West. In Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. The Rangers began in the 1820s as loose groups of citizen soldiers, banding together to chase Indians and Mexicans on the raw Texas frontier. Utley shows how, under the leadership of men like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch, these fiercely independent fighters were transformed into a well-trained, cohesive team. Armed with a revolutionary new weapon, Samuel Colt's repeating revolver, they became a deadly fighting force, whether battling Comanches on the plains or storming the city of Monterey in the Mexican-American War. As the Rangers evolved from part-time warriors to full-time lawmen by 1874, they learned to face new dangers, including homicidal feuds, labor strikes, and vigilantes turned mobs. They battled train robbers, cattle thieves and other outlaws--it was Rangers, for example, who captured John Wesley Hardin, the most feared gunman in the West. Based on exhaustive research in Texas archives, this is the most authoritative history of the Texas Rangers in over half a century. It will stand alongside other classics of Western history by Robert M. Utley--a vivid portrait of the Old West and of the legendary men who kept the law on the lawless frontier.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198029322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West. In Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. The Rangers began in the 1820s as loose groups of citizen soldiers, banding together to chase Indians and Mexicans on the raw Texas frontier. Utley shows how, under the leadership of men like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch, these fiercely independent fighters were transformed into a well-trained, cohesive team. Armed with a revolutionary new weapon, Samuel Colt's repeating revolver, they became a deadly fighting force, whether battling Comanches on the plains or storming the city of Monterey in the Mexican-American War. As the Rangers evolved from part-time warriors to full-time lawmen by 1874, they learned to face new dangers, including homicidal feuds, labor strikes, and vigilantes turned mobs. They battled train robbers, cattle thieves and other outlaws--it was Rangers, for example, who captured John Wesley Hardin, the most feared gunman in the West. Based on exhaustive research in Texas archives, this is the most authoritative history of the Texas Rangers in over half a century. It will stand alongside other classics of Western history by Robert M. Utley--a vivid portrait of the Old West and of the legendary men who kept the law on the lawless frontier.
Lone Star Justice
Author: Wayne M. Hoy
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491871954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Hannah Lea Gibson understands it is only a matter of time before shes discovered and forced to return to her uncles ranch to relive a nightmare of blood and terror. Flinching in fear as the Caf door opens, she spies the dust stained traveler and realizes her time has run out.. Texas Ranger Jack Lintell is charged with the task of delivering Hannah to Texas to stand trial for murder. But when he and Hannah head out together though the sage cloaked range of a wild and dangerous west, his skills as a ranger are put to the test as he too becomes a target. Their nightmare, however, is only beginning, as Jack and Hannah must race to save their very lives from men who will stop at nothing to get what they seek. With time running out, can Jack prove Hannahs innocence and at the same time uncover a killers dirty secret without risking his fidelity to duty which he values more than all else, save the life he has now sworn to protect.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491871954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Hannah Lea Gibson understands it is only a matter of time before shes discovered and forced to return to her uncles ranch to relive a nightmare of blood and terror. Flinching in fear as the Caf door opens, she spies the dust stained traveler and realizes her time has run out.. Texas Ranger Jack Lintell is charged with the task of delivering Hannah to Texas to stand trial for murder. But when he and Hannah head out together though the sage cloaked range of a wild and dangerous west, his skills as a ranger are put to the test as he too becomes a target. Their nightmare, however, is only beginning, as Jack and Hannah must race to save their very lives from men who will stop at nothing to get what they seek. With time running out, can Jack prove Hannahs innocence and at the same time uncover a killers dirty secret without risking his fidelity to duty which he values more than all else, save the life he has now sworn to protect.
SPIN
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Bounty
Author: Kristen Ashley
Publisher: Kristen Ashley
ISBN: 1310258295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay. Deke Hightower lost everything at the age of two. He lost it again at fifteen. His life has not been about bounty. It’s been about learning to live with less, because there’s no way to get more. Deke’s also watched all his friends go down to the women who gave them what they needed. He wants that for himself. But he knows that search isn’t going to be easy because he’s a rider. His home is the road. That’s the only place he can breathe. And the woman who takes her place at his side has to do it sitting on the back of his bike. When Deke meets Justice, he knows she’s not that woman. She’s cute. She’s sweet. And she’s into him, but she’s got it all and Deke knows he won’t fit into that. So he holds her at arm’s length. Establishes boundaries. And Justice will take it because she wants Deke any way he’ll let her have him. But when Justice finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game, Deke makes a decision. When he does, he has no idea he’s just opened himself up to bounty.
Publisher: Kristen Ashley
ISBN: 1310258295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay. Deke Hightower lost everything at the age of two. He lost it again at fifteen. His life has not been about bounty. It’s been about learning to live with less, because there’s no way to get more. Deke’s also watched all his friends go down to the women who gave them what they needed. He wants that for himself. But he knows that search isn’t going to be easy because he’s a rider. His home is the road. That’s the only place he can breathe. And the woman who takes her place at his side has to do it sitting on the back of his bike. When Deke meets Justice, he knows she’s not that woman. She’s cute. She’s sweet. And she’s into him, but she’s got it all and Deke knows he won’t fit into that. So he holds her at arm’s length. Establishes boundaries. And Justice will take it because she wants Deke any way he’ll let her have him. But when Justice finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game, Deke makes a decision. When he does, he has no idea he’s just opened himself up to bounty.
Lonesome Justice
Author: Donald Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781093656916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Need Help. In Presidio. Jake Clay Barlow, Texas Ranger, never turned his back on a friend, and he wasn't starting now. After receiving the cryptic message from Jake Coleman, his good friend, and fellow Texas Ranger, he immediately headed west. But the reason he now finds himself staked out in a dry river bed in West Texas was his thoughts of the girl he met in Austin. He had ignored his first rule. Always be alert. His mind, occupied with smiling lips, blonde hair, and blue eyes, failed to register the desperados until they had the drop on him. Now, the searing West Texas sun beats down on his exposed skin with the intensity of a blacksmith's furnace. Pain hammers every inch of his body, not only from the sun but from the hundreds of giant red ants that are devouring him one tiny bite at a time. What kind of trouble is Jake in? Is he still waiting in Presidio? Most importantly, will Clay survive the sun and the ants to help his friend?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781093656916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Need Help. In Presidio. Jake Clay Barlow, Texas Ranger, never turned his back on a friend, and he wasn't starting now. After receiving the cryptic message from Jake Coleman, his good friend, and fellow Texas Ranger, he immediately headed west. But the reason he now finds himself staked out in a dry river bed in West Texas was his thoughts of the girl he met in Austin. He had ignored his first rule. Always be alert. His mind, occupied with smiling lips, blonde hair, and blue eyes, failed to register the desperados until they had the drop on him. Now, the searing West Texas sun beats down on his exposed skin with the intensity of a blacksmith's furnace. Pain hammers every inch of his body, not only from the sun but from the hundreds of giant red ants that are devouring him one tiny bite at a time. What kind of trouble is Jake in? Is he still waiting in Presidio? Most importantly, will Clay survive the sun and the ants to help his friend?
Lone Star Justice
Author: David M. Horton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781571682260
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Drawn from a broad range of historical, political, and statutory sources, the authors combine a host of factual and historical information about the criminal justice system in Texas. This volume also contains an extensive glossary of general and Texas-specific terms, as well as a description of important and valuable Internet sites.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781571682260
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Drawn from a broad range of historical, political, and statutory sources, the authors combine a host of factual and historical information about the criminal justice system in Texas. This volume also contains an extensive glossary of general and Texas-specific terms, as well as a description of important and valuable Internet sites.
Her Brand of Justice
Author: B.J. Daniels
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369732510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Exploring her hidden past May rob her of her future Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations. But someone wants the secrets surrounding her adoption to stay buried—and they’ll do anything to keep her from uncovering the truth… From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in the Colt Brothers Investigation series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Murder Gone Cold Book 2: Sticking to Her Guns Book 3: Christmas Ransom Book 4: Set Up in the City Book 5: Her Brand of Justice Book 6: Dead Man's Hand
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369732510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Exploring her hidden past May rob her of her future Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations. But someone wants the secrets surrounding her adoption to stay buried—and they’ll do anything to keep her from uncovering the truth… From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in the Colt Brothers Investigation series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Murder Gone Cold Book 2: Sticking to Her Guns Book 3: Christmas Ransom Book 4: Set Up in the City Book 5: Her Brand of Justice Book 6: Dead Man's Hand
Borders of Violence and Justice
Author: Brian D. Behnken
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469670135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Brian Behnken offers a sweeping examination of the interactions between Mexican-origin people and law enforcement—both legally codified police agencies and extralegal justice—across the U.S. Southwest (especially Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) from the 1830s to the 1930s. Representing a broad, colonial regime, police agencies and extralegal groups policed and controlled Mexican-origin people to maintain state and racial power in the region, treating Mexicans and Mexican Americans as a “foreign” population that they deemed suspect and undesirable. White Americans justified these perceptions and the acts of violence that they spawned with racist assumptions about the criminality of Mexican-origin people, but Behnken details the many ways Mexicans and Mexican Americans responded to violence, including the formation of self-defense groups and advocacy organizations. Others became police officers, vowing to protect Mexican-origin people from within the ranks of law enforcement. Mexican Americans also pushed state and territorial governments to professionalize law enforcement to halt abuse. The long history of the border region between the United States and Mexico has been one marked by periodic violence, but Behnken shows us in unsparing detail how Mexicans and Mexican Americans refused to stand idly by in the face of relentless assault.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469670135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Brian Behnken offers a sweeping examination of the interactions between Mexican-origin people and law enforcement—both legally codified police agencies and extralegal justice—across the U.S. Southwest (especially Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) from the 1830s to the 1930s. Representing a broad, colonial regime, police agencies and extralegal groups policed and controlled Mexican-origin people to maintain state and racial power in the region, treating Mexicans and Mexican Americans as a “foreign” population that they deemed suspect and undesirable. White Americans justified these perceptions and the acts of violence that they spawned with racist assumptions about the criminality of Mexican-origin people, but Behnken details the many ways Mexicans and Mexican Americans responded to violence, including the formation of self-defense groups and advocacy organizations. Others became police officers, vowing to protect Mexican-origin people from within the ranks of law enforcement. Mexican Americans also pushed state and territorial governments to professionalize law enforcement to halt abuse. The long history of the border region between the United States and Mexico has been one marked by periodic violence, but Behnken shows us in unsparing detail how Mexicans and Mexican Americans refused to stand idly by in the face of relentless assault.
Justice in the Plays and Films of Martin McDonagh
Author: Eamonn Jordan
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030304531
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
This book interrogates the various manifestations of rival systems of justice in the plays and films of Martin McDonagh, in analysis informed by the critical writings of Michael J. Sandel, Steven Pinker, Julia Kristeva, and in particular Amartya Sen on violence, justice, equality and the law. In McDonagh’s works, failures to investigate adequately criminal actions are matched by multiple forced confessions and umpteen miscarriages of justice. The author explores McDonagh’s creative worlds as ones where distinctions between victim and perpetrator and guilt and innocence are precarious, where the burden of truth seldom reaches the threshold of beyond reasonable doubt and where the punishments and rewards of justice are applied randomly. This project considers the abject nature of justice in McDonagh’s writing, with the vast implications of justice being fragile, suspect, piecemeal, deviant, haphazard and random. Tentative forms of justice are tempered and then threatened by provocative, anarchic and abject humour. As the author argues, McDonagh’s writing cleverly circulates rival, incompatible and comparative systems of justice in order to substantiate the necessities and virtues of justice.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030304531
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
This book interrogates the various manifestations of rival systems of justice in the plays and films of Martin McDonagh, in analysis informed by the critical writings of Michael J. Sandel, Steven Pinker, Julia Kristeva, and in particular Amartya Sen on violence, justice, equality and the law. In McDonagh’s works, failures to investigate adequately criminal actions are matched by multiple forced confessions and umpteen miscarriages of justice. The author explores McDonagh’s creative worlds as ones where distinctions between victim and perpetrator and guilt and innocence are precarious, where the burden of truth seldom reaches the threshold of beyond reasonable doubt and where the punishments and rewards of justice are applied randomly. This project considers the abject nature of justice in McDonagh’s writing, with the vast implications of justice being fragile, suspect, piecemeal, deviant, haphazard and random. Tentative forms of justice are tempered and then threatened by provocative, anarchic and abject humour. As the author argues, McDonagh’s writing cleverly circulates rival, incompatible and comparative systems of justice in order to substantiate the necessities and virtues of justice.
Criminal Justice
Author: Ian Marsh
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415333016
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This practical new text encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of the current context and workings of the criminal justice system, and is of particular use for students and for practitioners in the criminal justice arena.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415333016
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This practical new text encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of the current context and workings of the criminal justice system, and is of particular use for students and for practitioners in the criminal justice arena.