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Texas Ranger Tales II (Pt. 2)

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Everytime a new book is published on that unique, legendary, fascinating, iconic, mythical, and very real law enforcment agency, the Texas Rangers,and that book has Mike Cox's name on it, you can expect the very best in contemporary historical writing on the subject. Cox is the man you see on TV, facing that phalanx of reporters every time some whacko antigovernment kooks force a standoff that calls for some old fashioned straight shootin' and cool tempered, righteous handling. Because the Rangers themselves aren't like most modern folks who like to blab their stories on Larry King or in the scandal rags; they're tight lipped men, and they let their actions and their record do the talking. And what a bunch of incredible stories their history offers. Cox himself is the perfect chronicler for the Rangers, he writes in an economic, deceptively simple style, almost like a grandfather telling stories to a youngster or a circle of old friends. There's always a twist at the end, and unlike the VAST majority of other Ranger histories, Cox always manages to unearth new facts or fascinating new insights to the deeds and incidents he writes about. Cox also often has a personal connection to the events he writes about; sometimes, as in the case of legends like Frank Hamer, the Rangers were men that were well known to his own grandfather, and passed down directly to him. And Cox has been on the scene at some of the biggest cases of the mid-to late 20th century -- the standoff at Ft Davis, the Luby massacre in Killeen, the Branch Davidian blow up at Waco. Buy this book in hardcover, you'll be reading it over and over so much that you'll wear out the paperback.

My review is simple: If you wish to read a good book on the Texas Rangers, buy this one!