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Author Parsons, Chuck

Title Pidge, Texas Ranger / T.C. Robinson ; edited and with an introduction by Chuck Parsons
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2013

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Contents The Austin letters -- Pidge and the Dewitt County feud -- Pidge and the Rio Grande frontier -- The last gunfight
Summary Thomas C. (Pidge) Robinson came to Texas from Virginia at the age of 27, fleeing a feud with a neighbor who opposed Robinson's amorous intentions toward the neighbor's sister. He joined the Texas Rangers in 1874, serving with legendary Capt. Leander H. McNelly's Washington County Volunteer Militia Company A. He earned the rank of first lieutenant in this Texas Ranger company. Two years later he returned to Virginia to avenge his honor and claim the woman he loved. A learned and witty writer who sent back letters, poems, and reports for publication in Aus
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Robinson, T. C., 1846?-1876.
Robinson, T. C., 1846?-1876 -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Robinson, T. C., 1846?-1876. fast (OCoLC)fst00186140
Subject Texas Rangers -- Biography
SUBJECT Texas Rangers. fast (OCoLC)fst00511348
Subject Peace officers -- Texas -- Biography
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Law Enforcement.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Peace officers.
SUBJECT Texas -- Biography
Subject Texas.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012037537
ISBN 1603449973
9781603449977