The Texas Rangers: Men of Valor and Action [Hardcover]

Mike Cox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1992

True stories from the history of the Texas Rangers, who have been looking out for the protection of Texans since 1823.

Editorial Reviews

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"Mike Cox has a unique background for presenting the checkered history of the Rangers. During several years as a spokesman for the Texas Department of Safety, he had access to detailed records and experienced first-hand the mystique that clings to this fabled law enforcement body. Though he gives us the flashes of glory, he does not flinch from the dark side of the Rangers' past."--Elmer Kelton, Texas legend and author of The Texas Rangers novel series  

“A richly detailed and sweeping historical narrative. . . . This modern masterpiece does full justice to both the reality and the myth of the Texas Rangers---a great organization of which I was honored to be a part for 27 years.”---Joaquin Jackson, Texas Ranger (Ret) -- Author of One Ranger: A Memoir

"Big, brawny and proud as the people who created Texas, Mike Cox's The Texas Rangers, Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 is a welcome addition to Texas history.  I enjoyed it thoroughly."---Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Traitor   

"Anyone who reads this book will feel they have found a new electrifying country that they never knew existed. That's how different Texas was in the early days of the Texas Rangers.”--Thomas Fleming New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

MIKE COX, an elected member of the Texas Institute of Letters, began his writing career as a Texas newspaper reporter, then spent fifteen years as spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, which includes the Texas Rangers. Currently Communications Manager with the Texas Department of Transportation, he lives in Austin with his wife and daughter.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Eakin Pr; 1st edition (February 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890158185
• ISBN-13: 978-0890158180
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,210,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Texas Rangers Vol. l, January 22, 2010

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Wayne R. Klatt "knowitall" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 (Paperback)

Mike Cox was in an excellent position to research the history of the Texas Rangers, and his anecdiotal account is a joy to read. He tells his stories vividly but without embellishing, and one is sorry to reach the end. Texas in the period this volume covers seems like another world, but he notes how the success of the informaly organized rangers impeded the development of the state and county police, so that the law men had a lot in common with the law breakers they rode after.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Propaganda? I don't think so., March 10, 1998

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This review is from: The Texas Rangers: Men of Valor and Action (Hardcover)

The author makes the point of view of the book clear from the intro. This book contains Ranger stories, Ranger myth. And clearly it is intended to be enjoyed, and shared, by readers of all ages as myth. Though its stories are based on actual events, the book is not, nor does it pretend to be a serious, scholarly work. I admit that the book has innocence and idealization that the Rangers themselves certainly don't possess. But who cares? This is a romp, and the author is honest about his intensions from the beginning.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How Can One Make the Texas Rangers Boring?, July 18, 2011

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George Perrine - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 (Kindle Edition)

This history is written with the verve of a masters theses. A former publicist for the Texas DPS? That is a clue I overlooked, darn it. Cox should get marks for mentioning some of the slimy underbelly of the Rangers, slave-catching and genocide are two sins of their past, but the main problem with this book is that it reads like a collection of 3X5 cards.