John Coffee Hays helped to forge the legend of what a Texas Ranger was. Arriving in Texas in 1836 but just missing the famous battles of the Texas Revolution, nineteen-year-old Hays soon had Sam Houston urging him to join a new group of Rangers. Once out on the frontier, Hays's careful planning and bold-indeed, sensational-forays against the Comanches soon earned him a colorful reputation and a host of nicknames. At twenty-three Hays was commissioned a captain, and between skirmishes and battles his survey party marked out much of the area around San Antonio. Hays was pivotal in the ultimate defeat of the Comanches and led the Rangers during the Mexican War. Historian James Kimmins Greer lives in Waco, Texas, home of the Texas Ranger Museum.
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This adaptation of Greer's 1952 biography of the legendary Hays focuses on his years as a Ranger and his military campaigns against the Comanche Indians.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Though most of the public's perception of the Wild West cowboy comes from Hollywood mythmakers, Hays was the genuine article. After being commissioned into the Texas Rangers by Sam Houston in 1836, Hays quickly made a name for himself in his many battles against the Comanches and marauding Mexican bandits. He was also San Francisco's first sheriff and the founder of Oakland, California. Dubbed "excellent in its scholarship and writing" by LJ 's reviewer ( LJ 4/15/52), this "thrilling life story should interest everyone."
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Wow! What a legend. Top Ten of any Old West History Reader,
This review is from: Texas Ranger: Jack Hays in the Frontier Southwest (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) (Paperback)
First I am from Texas. That would normally bias me to any historical figure from Texas. However, without a doubt this man did more in a lifetime to fill any biography. As a Texas Ranger captain fighting Indians, fighting Mexican bandits, scouting for the US Army in the Mexican-American war, to California sheriff and land developer...everything is done in a big way in his life. James Greer writes a biography that is historically-fact based...he doesn't have to make Jack Hays larger than life...he lived larger than life.As an avid reader of biographies from the wild west...this is no history book review of a man...this is the best lawman book I have ever read. This guy is now my number one wild west hero! I highly recommend the book...you won't believe the bravery!
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This review is from: Texas Ranger: Jack Hays in the Frontier Southwest (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) (Paperback)
A must read for anyone interested in the legendary Texas Rangers. It provides a good historical account of Col Jack Hays's exploits beginning from his childhood to his involvement in the Mexican-American war and then briefly, the later years of his life. Anyone interested in leadership will want to read this as well. Col Jack Hays was a pioneer and leader worthy of emulating. I found it hard to put down.
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San Antonio, Rio Grande, Santa Anna, Mexico City, Colonel Hays, General Taylor, Independence Hill, United States, Bishop's Palace, Major Hays, Hays's Rangers, Buffalo Hump, General Scott, New Orleans, Secretary of War, Medina River, President Houston, While Hays, Corpus Christi, Rio Frio, President Polk, General Lane, Nueces River, Paint Rock, Captain Jack Browse Sample Pages:
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San Antonio, Rio Grande, Santa Anna, Mexico City, Colonel Hays, General Taylor, Independence Hill, United States, Bishop's Palace, Major Hays, Hays's Rangers, Buffalo Hump, General Scott, New Orleans, Secretary of War, Medina River, President Houston, While Hays, Corpus Christi, Rio Frio, President Polk, General Lane, Nueces River, Paint Rock, Captain Jack Browse Sample Pages:
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- Indian Depredations in Texas by J. W. Wilbarger in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- San Antonio (A Downtown America Book) by Sally Lee in Front Matter, and page 66
- The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense by Walter Prescott Webb in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Texas: The Lone Star State (9th Edition) by Rupert N. Richardson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick by Mary A. Maverick in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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