Famous Texas Feuds

History

Douglas, C. L.

Americas

State House Pr

Famous Texas feuds

Dougles

State House Press

One of the chapters in Texas history that was written, not with the ink and pen, but with the lead of the Winchester rifle and the slugs of a double-barreled shotgun. As a result, that particular period, the decade of the 1870s, might well be termed the "bloody years." Thus C.L. Douglas begins the introduction to his now-classic Famous Texas Feuds, first published in 1936. In this piece, Douglas graphically tells the blood-stained story of the most important of the violent feuds that ravaged a number of Texas counties during the nineteenth century. Included in the book are the East Texas Conflict between the old settlers and the new settlers, otherwise known as the Regulators and the Moderators; the Taylor-Sutton controversy, which began in the early 1870s as a family quarrel over cattle and then fanned out until it included every family in DeWitt County; and the Elizario Salt War of West Texas. Also covered in the work are the Horrell-Higgins Affair of Lampasas County, the Mason County War, and the Jaybirds and the Woodpeckers clash in Richmond County. The New York Times stated of an earlier edition of Famous Texas Feuds that "Mr. Douglas tells all these tales in admirable style. He has good literary taste, a sense of drama and that skill in narration that makes due use of restraint but brings out the inherent human interest of the tale. And he gives enduring historical value to his book by his exposition of the psychological, racial, social, economic and other causes, deeply embedded in human nature, that were the most important of the forces precipitating these bloody feuds."

This book comprises a fascinating and authentic look into the lives of some of the richest and most private ranches in Texas. This is a book that will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in the historical singularity that is Texas, offering its readers a unique insight in to the ''real world'' of Texas ranch life and the ever-fading tradition of true ranching that made it what it is today. Many antique books such as this are increasingly rare and costly, and it is with this in mind that we are proud to be republishing this text here complete with a new introduction on the subject.

Cattle Kings of Texas

Biographies & Memoirs

This popular book about the cattlemen of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is based on interviews with participants of the trail-drive era. Here is the story of the early cattle kings told in a style as pungent as sweaty leather, as informal as a chuck wagon supper, and as real as these old-time cowmen and beef barons themselves. Douglas's parade of cattle kings include Ike Pryor, Shanghai Pierce, Mifflin Kennedy, Richard King, the Mavericks, the Slaughters, the Waggoners, and others.

Cattle kings of Texas

For more than 150 years the Texas Rangers have blazed a trail across Texas history in their role as policemen for the state of Texas. In 1934, when C. L. Douglas wrote this popular account of the Rangers' achievements, there were few other histories of the organization. By vocation a journalist, Douglas devoted years of research to these historic lawmen with their aura of courage and resolve. Legendary feats from all the historical periods of the Rangers are brought back to life in Douglas's accounts. From the early days of the Republic and before the Civil War he writes of the battles of the vengeful Comanches against the relentless advance of the white frontiersman and their way of life. After the creation of the Frontier Battalion in the 1870s he narrates the heady exploits against the Mexican bandits and outlaw cattle rustlers. From the twentieth century we read of such exploits as those of Frank Hamer and his relentless pursuit of Bonnie and Clyde. The mystique of the Texas Rangers persists—the mystique of a remarkable cast of characters vividly brought to life by Douglas. Truly a different breed were these Gentlemen in the White Hats.

The Gentlemen in the White Hats: Dramatic Episodes in the History of the Texas Rangers

First published in 1934, this is a must for readers interested in the lore and legend of the Texas Rangers.

The Gentlemen in the White Hat: Dramatic Episodes in the History of the Texas Rangers

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Famous Texas Feuds

Famous Texas Feuds

Famous Texas feuds

Cattle Kings of Texas

Cattle Kings of Texas

Cattle kings of Texas

The Gentlemen in the White Hats: Dramatic Episodes in the History of the Texas Rangers

The Gentlemen in the White Hat: Dramatic Episodes in the History of the Texas Rangers

Cattle Kings of Texas

Cattle Kings of Texas