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The Texas Rangers: Vanguard of Anglo Settlement in the Lone Star State
First Edition| ©2020 Bedford/St. Martin's
This document collection examines both the causes of state efforts to extend the frontiers of Anglo settlement in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Texas, as well as the consequences of these actions for the nonwhite people who lived there. Students will explore broader questions of racia...
This document collection examines both the causes of state efforts to extend the frontiers of Anglo settlement in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Texas, as well as the consequences of these actions for the nonwhite people who lived there. Students will explore broader questions of racial attitudes, the right to use violence, and the mythic status of the Texas Rangers by analyzing primary sources, an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical background.
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This document collection examines both the causes of state efforts to extend the frontiers of Anglo settlement in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Texas, as well as the consequences of these actions for the nonwhite people who lived there. Students will explore broader questions of racial attitudes, the right to use violence, and the mythic status of the Texas Rangers by analyzing primary sources, an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical background.
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The Texas Rangers: Vanguard of Anglo Settlement in the Lone Star State
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Table of Contents
Central Question
Learning Objective
Historical Background
Letter from F.A. Blake to E.J. Davis, October 23, 1873
State of Texas, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Texas, 1875
James B. Gillett, Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875-1881
N.A. Jennings, A Texas Ranger, 1899
"The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez," c. 1901
Las Norias Bandit Raid: Texas Rangers with Dead Bandits, October 8, 1915
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The Texas Rangers: Vanguard of Anglo Settlement in the Lone Star State
First Edition| 2020
Bedford/St. Martin's
Authors

Andrew R. Graybill
Andrew R. Graybil is professor of history and Director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. He is the author or editor of four books, including Policing the Great Plains: Rangers, Mounties, and the North American Frontier, 1875-1910 and Civil War Wests: Testing the Limits of the United States (co-edited with Adam Arenson). He has written reviews for The American Scholar, The New York Times Book Review, Texas Monthly, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications, and is currently at work on a narrative history of the Great Plains.

The Texas Rangers: Vanguard of Anglo Settlement in the Lone Star State
First Edition| 2020
Bedford/St. Martin's
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