Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald (Frances B. Vick Series) by Harold J. Weiss Jr - 2009-06-01

Denton Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 436 pages, frontis, illustrations, maps. "Captain Bill McDonald (1852-1918) is the most prominent of the "Four Great Captains" of Texas Ranger history. His career straddled the changing scene from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. In 1891 McDonald became captain of Company B of the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers. "Captain Bill" and the Rangers under his command took part in a number of incidents from the Panhandle region to South Texas: the Fitzsimmons-Maher prizefight in El Paso, the Wichita Falls bank robbery, the murders by the San Saba Mob, the Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus, the lynching of the Humphries clan, the Conditt family murders near Edna, the Brownsville Raid of 1906, and the shootout with Mexican Americans near Rio Grande City. In all these endeavors, only one Ranger lost his life under McDonald's command.".

Denton Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2009. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 436 pages, frontis, illustrations, maps, SIGNED by author. "Captain Bill McDonald (1852-1918) is the most prominent of the "Four Great Captains" of Texas Ranger history. His career straddled the changing scene from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. In 1891 McDonald became captain of Company B of the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers. "Captain Bill" and the Rangers under his command took part in a number of incidents from the Panhandle region to South Texas: the Fitzsimmons-Maher prizefight in El Paso, the Wichita Falls bank robbery, the murders by the San Saba Mob, the Reese-Townsend feud at Columbus, the lynching of the Humphries clan, the Conditt family murders near Edna, the Brownsville Raid of 1906, and the shootout with Mexican Americans near Rio Grande City. In all these endeavors, only one Ranger lost his life under McDonald's command.".

Fine. Signed by author. Jacket in mylar. 1st printing

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket.. 1574412604 . A new book in the First Edition made unique by the signature of Texas ranger historian and author, Harold J. Weiss, Jr. He signed the book on the front free end page. Signed only - no other names, marks, or writing. This is the biography of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald (1852-1918) . McDonald is the most prominent of the "Four Great Captains" of Texas Ranger history. Illustrations and maps. 436 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket and book are in Fine, as new, condition. ; Standard Book Size.; 436 pages; Signed by Author .

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1574412604 . A new book in the First Edition made unique by the signature of Texas ranger historian and author, Harold J. Weiss, Jr. He signed the book on the front free end page. Signed only - no other names, marks, or writing. This is the biography of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald (1852-1918) . McDonald is the most prominent of the "Four Great Captains" of Texas Ranger history. Illustrations and maps. 436 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket and book are in Fine, as new, condition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 436 pages; Signed by Author .

Univ of North Texas Pr, 2009. Hardcover. New. 456 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches.