Captain L.H. McNelly-- Texas Ranger

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-03-01
Publisher(s): State House Pr
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Summary

The first authentic biography of one of the most famous of the nineteenth century Texas Rangers -- Captain Leander H. McNelly. No history of the murderous Sutton-Taylor Feud, or of the Texas State Police, or of the depredations of the Mexican General Juan H. Cortina, or of the rancher Richard King, or of the infamous Nueces Strip can be written without major emphases on the influence of McNelly and the men who followed him so loyally.

The absence of a biography has been mystifying given this Texas Ranger's accomplishments. The void has now been filled very admirably. Co-authors Chuck Parsons and Marianne E. Hall Little have focused their prodigious research talents upon McNelly and his "Special Forces", the Washington County volunteer Militia Company far better known as Texas Rangers. McNelly even made his mark upon our national history by invading Mexico and creating an international furor requiring diplomatic action from Washington D.C.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword ix
Gov. Dolph Briscoe, Jr.
Author's Preface xi
Acknowledgements xvii
Genesis of a Fighting Man
1(8)
First Taste of War
9(10)
Back to Texas and Galveston
19(14)
In the Swamps of Louisiana
33(16)
Captain - Texas State Police
49(20)
Gunfire in Walker County
69(14)
After the Walker County Affair
83(16)
A Death Warrant and a Trip to the Rio Grande
99(20)
1873- Following the State Police Experience
119(10)
An Interlude for McNelly
129(8)
McNelly and the Sutton-Taylor Feud
137(22)
McNelly - On the Border
159(16)
The Law West of the Nueces
175(14)
A Challenge to Cortina
189(18)
Invading Mexico
207(20)
Across the Rio Grande
227(20)
After the Las Cuevas Affair
247(12)
Invading the Pendencia
259(22)
Dying Embers
281(20)
Carey Alone
301(10)
Endnotes 311(42)
Bibliography 353(6)
Index 359

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