| Law on the Last Frontier: Texas Ranger Author Hill Contributor(s): Spinks, S. E. (Author), Utley, Robert M. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0896726193 ISBN-13: 9780896726192 Publisher: Texas Tech University Press OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: In a career forged in the saddle on scout duty along the Rio Grande, Arthur Hill witnessed dramatic changes in his working life as a Texas Ranger from 1947 to 1974. Whether inspecting brands, deterring smugglers of everything from cattle to candle wax, or giving horseback pursuit across unforgiving terrain, often into Mexico, Hill found himself immersed day to day in a world that straddled centuries as well as cultures. Promotion to sergeant of Ranger Company B in 1957 took Hill to Dallas, where he brought his brush-country methods to bear on urban crimes. There Hill headed the Ranger contingency in the Lone Star Steel Strike and investigated the "Dixie Mafia," KKK, and Dallas/Fort Worth gambling syndicates. Yet after only a year, and despite an imminent promotion to Ranger captain, Hill knew his place and his heart were back in the Big Bend, where rampant drug trade was altering the border irrevocably from what had remained the same for hundreds of years. Situating Hill's investigations within contextual history of the Rangers and the Department of Public Safety, Spinks pays particular attention to methods and techniques employed by Rangers during that little-documented time. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Law Enforcement - Political Science | Law Enforcement |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007025003 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.54" W x 9.26" (1.36 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
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| Publisher Description: In a career forged in the saddle on scout duty along the Rio Grande, Arthur Hill witnessed dramatic changes from 1947 to 1974. Whether inspecting brands, deterring smugglers of everything from cattle to candelilla wax, or giving chase on horseback across merciless terrain--often into Mexico--Hill found himself immersed in a world that straddled centuries as well as cultures. Promotion to sergeant of Ranger Company B in 1957 took Hill to Dallas, where he brought his brush-country methods to bear on urban crimes. Yet after only a year, and despite the opportunity for advancement to captain, Hill knew his place and heart were back in the Big Bend, where rampant drug trade was altering his beloved border irrevocably from an existence that had remained the same for hundreds of years. From the Lone Star Steel strike, the KKK, and the "Dixie Mafia" to problems of drug-running and illegal immigration, Arthur Hill's life as a Texas ranger illuminates present issues as well as the past. I hope to give the reader the chance to ride through the Big Bend with Hill, and hear of the Texas that was and the Texas that emerged on his watch. -- S. E. Spinks |