Law on the Last Frontier

by Spinks, S. E.

• ISBN13: 9780896726192
• ISBN10: 0896726193
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-31
• Publisher: Texas Tech Univ Pr

Summary

In a career forged in the saddle on scout duty along the Rio Grande, Arthur Hill witnessed dramatic changes in his working life as a Texas Ranger from 1947 to 1974. Whether inspecting brands, deterring smugglers of everything from cattle to candelilla wax, or giving chase on horseback across unforgiving terrain, often into Mexico, Hill found himself immersed day to day in a world that straddled centuries as well as cultures.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
In the Shadow of Santa Anna Mountain	p. 7
"Five Hundred Dollars Is Too Damn Much for a Highway Patrolman"	p. 20
The Last Frontier	p. 43
Rio Grande Rendezvous	p. 56
Brush Country Ranger	p. 63
"They Rode for the Brand"	p. 77
The Borderland	p. 90
"El Corrido de Jose Villalobos"	p. 101
Doin' Time in Big D	p. 126
The Lone Star Steel Strike	p. 141
Times Are a-Changin'	p. 158
A Harsh Land	p. 172
"Plumo o Oro"	p. 187
The Last Roundup	p. 196
"A Beautiful Challenge"	p. 211
Notes	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 253
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