Riding Lucifer's Line : Ranger deaths along the Texas-Mexico border /

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Author / Creator:	Alexander, Bob, 1943-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 404 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Number 11 in the Frances B. Vick series Frances B. Vick series ; no. 11.
Subject:	Texas Rangers -- History -- 19th century. Texas Rangers -- History -- 20th century. Texas Rangers -- Biography. Texas Rangers. Peace officers -- Mortality -- Mexican-American Border Region. Law enforcement -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century. Law enforcement -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century. Law enforcement. Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century. Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. Texas. Electronic books. Biographies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11382604

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ISBN:	9781574415131 1574415131 1299610730 9781299610736 9781574414998 1574414992
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is-or at least can be-risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for over one hundred forty years before them did, today's Texas Rangers continue to battle violence and transnational criminals along the Texas-Mexico border." In Riding Lucifer's Line, Bob Alexander, in his characteristic storytelling style, surveys the personal tragedies of twenty-five Texas Rangers who made th.
Other form:	Print version: Alexander, Bob (James R.). Riding Lucifer's Line. 1st ed. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2013 9781574414998

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