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Captain J. A. Brooks, Texas Ranger (Frances B. Vick Series) by Paul N Spellman; ProQuest (Firm) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) was one of the four Great Captains in Texas Ranger history, others including Bill McDonald, John Hughes, and John Rogers. Born and raised in Civil War-torn Kentucky, a reckless adventurer on the American and Texas frontier, and a quick-draw Texas Ranger captain who later turned in his six-shooter to serve as a county judge, Brooks embodied the raucous era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American West. As a Texas Ranger, Brooks participated in the high profile events of his day, from the fence-cutting wars to the El Paso prizefight, from the Conner Fight--where he lost three fingers from his left hand--to the Temple rail strike, all with a resolute demeanor and a fast gun. A shoot-out in Indian Territory nearly cost him his life and then jeopardized his career, and a lifelong bout with old Kentucky bourbon did the same. With three other distinguished Ranger captains, Brooks witnessed and helped promote the transformation of the elite Frontier Battalion into the Ranger Force. As a state legislator, he brokered the creation of a South Texas county that bears his name today, and where he served for twenty

Who reads Captain J. A. Brooks, Texas Ranger (Frances B. Vick Series)?

Author

Paul N Spellman; ProQuest (Firm)

Publisher

University of North Texas Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781574413908

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Social Science, History