- Paperback
- Publisher: Tom Doherty (1996)
- ASIN: B0018XZO86
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Captain's Rangers (Texas Rangers Series)
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
More About the Author
Elmer Kelton of San Angelo, Texas is a native Texan and author of over 50 Western novels. He has won many awards for his work and has been recognized as the Greatest Western Writer of all time by the Western Writers of America, Inc. He is the author of Forge's Texas Ranger series.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Violent Times In Texas,
This review is from: Captain's Rangers (Texas Rangers Series) (Mass Market Paperback)
Thirty years after the Texans defeated Santa Anna's Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto, the area in far Southwest Texas betwen the Nueces river and the Rio Grande was still a virtual battleground between Texans and Mexicans. Texans claimed the area by virtue of the treaty ending the conflict with Mexico, and Mexican settlers claimed the area because the land had been in their families for generations. As usual, Kelton brings a great sense of place and local dialogue to this novel. The settings and people around which the action takes place are, in many instances, drawn directly from the pages of Texas history.Lanham Neal, a Confederate vetran wounded in his first and last battle against the Yankees, had finally settled in as "caporal" at the small ranch run by Griffin Daingerfield and his daughter Zoe. While Lanham, Zoe, and some ranch hands were away from the ranch house rounding up and branding their cattle, Mexican guerillas crossed the border, killed Griffin Daingerfield and others, and burned the ranch buildings to the ground. Neal found himself in the middle of the conflict. He must balance his priorities between his love and loyalty to Zoe, her insistence on revenge for the death of her father, and his own conscience. Eventually Captain L.H. McNelly and his small company of Texas Rangers enter the scene with orders to bring law and order to the territory regardless of the price in lives and property and the action excalates. This novel is part of a series of "Tales of Texas." Anyone reading this book will gain an interesting insight into this violent time in Texas history.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
fantastic story,
This review is from: Captain's Rangers (Texas Rangers Series) (Mass Market Paperback)
You have to read the whole Texas Ranger story starting with the Buckskin Line. This is a fantastic written by a Texan who knows his stuff.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Western large print book,
By Claudiacougar (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Captain's Rangers (Texas Rangers Series) (Mass Market Paperback)
The book was a gift. Have not read it, but the receiver enjoyed it.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
THEY RODE HORSEBACK UP AUSTIN'S broad main thoroughfare toward the forbidding antebellum structure which now, ten years after the Civil War, was being denounced in the legislature as the worst firetrap and eyesore in Texas-the capitol building. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lanham Neal, Andrew Bailey, Zoe Daingerfield, Rio Grande, Joe Benson, Griffin Daingerfield, United States, Vincente de Zavala, Fort Brown, Nueces Strip, Cheno Cortina, Elmer Kelton, Lieutenant Robinson, Palo Alto Prairie, Señora Galindo, State Police, Cebe Smith, Major Alexander, Rancho Las Cuevas, Las Rucias, Mexico City, Miss Daingerfield, Reynaldo Reyna, Juan Flores Salinas, Mother Mexico New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Surprise Me!
THEY RODE HORSEBACK UP AUSTIN'S broad main thoroughfare toward the forbidding antebellum structure which now, ten years after the Civil War, was being denounced in the legislature as the worst firetrap and eyesore in Texas-the capitol building. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lanham Neal, Andrew Bailey, Zoe Daingerfield, Rio Grande, Joe Benson, Griffin Daingerfield, United States, Vincente de Zavala, Fort Brown, Nueces Strip, Cheno Cortina, Elmer Kelton, Lieutenant Robinson, Palo Alto Prairie, Señora Galindo, State Police, Cebe Smith, Major Alexander, Rancho Las Cuevas, Las Rucias, Mexico City, Miss Daingerfield, Reynaldo Reyna, Juan Flores Salinas, Mother Mexico New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 16
books:
See all 16 books this book cites
17
books
cite this book:
See all 17 books citing this book
- Hot Iron by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- Bitter Trail by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- The Pumpkin Rollers by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- Badger Boy (Texas Rangers) by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- Shadow of a Star by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
See all 16 books this book cites
- Buffalo Wagons by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- Texas Rifles by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- The Day the Cowboys Quit by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
- Long Way To Texas (Tales of Texas) by Elmer Kelton in Front Matter
See all 17 books citing this book
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
