A Crooked River by Michael L Collins
Retracing a path first opened by historian Walter Prescott Webb, A Crooked River brings a cross-cultural perspective to the role of the Texas Rangers in the continuing strife along the US-Mexican border during the late nineteenth century.
On the heels of his critically acclaimed Texas Devils, Michael Collins now brings us the history of the Texas Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande during the Civil War and ReconstructionImpressively researched and skillfully crafted, A Crooked River is certain to captivate any reader."" - Jerry Thompson, author of Tejano Tiger: Jose de los Santos Benavides and the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1823 - 1891
""With its graphic descriptions of one-on-one confrontations, military showdowns, and diplomatic negotiations, A Crooked River offers a thorough chronicling of incidents that occurred along the South Texas border during the Civil War and Reconstruction. By integrating the roles of Mexicans, Native Americans, and African Americans with those of Anglo-Americans, Michael L. Collins contributes to the body of historical writings that provide a more balanced picture of the region during this epoch."" - Arnoldo De León, editor of War along the Border: The Mexican Revolution and Tejano Communities and author of Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in Western America, 1848 - 1890
""With its graphic descriptions of one-on-one confrontations, military showdowns, and diplomatic negotiations, A Crooked River offers a thorough chronicling of incidents that occurred along the South Texas border during the Civil War and Reconstruction. By integrating the roles of Mexicans, Native Americans, and African Americans with those of Anglo-Americans, Michael L. Collins contributes to the body of historical writings that provide a more balanced picture of the region during this epoch."" - Arnoldo De León, editor of War along the Border: The Mexican Revolution and Tejano Communities and author of Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in Western America, 1848 - 1890
Michael L. Collins, is retired as Regents Professor and Hardin Distinguished Professor of American History at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas. He is coauthor of Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington and author of That Damned Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and the American West, 1883-1898, and Texas Devils: Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780806160085 |
| ISBN 10 | 080616008X |
| Title | A Crooked River |
| Author | Michael L Collins |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Year published | 2018-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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