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The Texas Pistoleers

Author : Ron Williamson
Publisher : G.R. Williamson
ISBN 13 : 0557069327
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Texas Pistoleers written by Ron Williamson and published by G.R. Williamson. This book was released on 2009 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as two of the best pistol fighters of their day, Ben Thompson and King Fisher have remained an enigma in the chronicles of the American West. While other gunfighters have achieved infamy through the stories told in pulp magazines and newspapers of the day these two men were largely ignored. Both were credited with killing a string of men during their lifetime and the mere mention of their names was usually enough to sober up a drunken opponent or cause a sober man to contemplate his own epitaph. The Texas Pistoleers tells their story in vivid detail and relates the historically accurate account of their deaths in a mystery shrouded ambush in a San Antonio saloon on a chilly March night in 1884.

Texas Pistoleers

Author : G.R. Williamson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439676968
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Texas Pistoleers written by G.R. Williamson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vaudeville Theater Ambush of 1884 went down in history as one of the most famous gunfights in San Antonio, but the killing that night of Ben Thompson and John King Fisher, two of the most notorious pistoleers of the day, became something of a mystery. The two men entered the theatre just before midnight on March 11, and less than an hour later, both lay dead, shot down in what for all accounts was a true massacre. The responsible gunmen never were prosecuted for their crimes, and Thompson and Fisher--a mere mention of either man's name was enough to put the fear of death in any opponent--have been widely ignored since. Now, historian G.R. Williamson brings to light the mystery and the myths surrounding these men and their infamous deaths in Texas Pistoleers.

Texas Pistoleers

Author : Ron Williamson
Publisher : True Crime
ISBN 13 : 9781609490003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Texas Pistoleers written by Ron Williamson and published by True Crime. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vaudeville Theater Ambush of 1884 went down in history as one of the most famous gunfights in San Antonio, but the killing that night of Ben Thompson and John King Fisher, two of the most notorious pistoleers of the day, became something of a mystery. The two men entered the theatre just before midnight on March 11, and less than an hour later, both lay dead, shot down in what for all accounts was a true massacre. The responsible gunmen never were prosecuted for their crimes, and Thompson and Fisher--a mere mention of either man's name was enough to put the fear of death in any opponent--have been widely ignored since. Now, historian G.R. Williamson brings to light the mystery and the myths surrounding these men and their infamous deaths in Texas Pistoleers.

The Notorious Texas Pistoleers - Ben Thompson & King Fisher

Author : MR G R Williamson
Publisher : Indian Head Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780985278038
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Notorious Texas Pistoleers - Ben Thompson & King Fisher written by MR G R Williamson and published by Indian Head Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Notorious Texas Pistoleers - Ben Thompson & King Fisher (Second Edition) Known as two of the best pistol fighters of their day, Ben Thompson and John King Fisher have remained an enigma in the chronicles of the Western Frontier. While other gun fighters have achieved notoriety through the stories told in the pulp magazines and newspapers of the day, these two men have been largely ignored. Both were credited with killing a string of men during their lifetime and the mere mention of their names was usually enough to sober up a drunken opponent or cause a sober man to contemplate his own epitaph. These men were not cold-blooded murders, but rather stand-up gun fighters that faced their adversaries in the winner-take-all shootout. The Notorious Texas Pistoleers tells their story in vivid detail and relates the true account of their deaths in a mystery shrouded ambush in a San Antonio saloon on a chilly March night in 1884 "They called King Fisher and Ben Thompson bad men, but they wasn't bad men; they just wouldn't stand for no foolishness, and they never killed anyone unless they bothered them." Tom Sullivan, deputy sheriff in Medina County, Texas

Texas Pistoleers

Author : Ron Williamson
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540204905
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Texas Pistoleers written by Ron Williamson and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vaudeville Theater Ambush of 1884 went down in history as one of the most famous gunfights in San Antonio, but the killing that night of Ben Thompson and John King Fisher, two of the most notorious pistoleers of the day, became something of a mystery. The two men entered the theatre just before midnight on March 11, and less than an hour later, both lay dead, shot down in what for all accounts was a true massacre. The responsible gunmen never were prosecuted for their crimes, and Thompson and Fisher--a mere mention of either man's name was enough to put the fear of death in any opponent--have been widely ignored since. Now, historian G.R. Williamson brings to light the mystery and the myths surrounding these men and their infamous deaths in Texas Pistoleers.

Firearms of the Texas Rangers

Author : Doug Dukes
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 157441819X
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Firearms of the Texas Rangers written by Doug Dukes and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their founding in the 1820s up to the modern age, the Texas Rangers have shown the ability to adapt and survive. Part of that survival depended on their use of firearms. The evolving technology of these weapons often determined the effectiveness of these early day Rangers. John Coffee “Jack” Hays and Samuel Walker would leave their mark on the Rangers by incorporating new technology which allowed them to alter tactics when confronting their adversaries. The Frontier Battalion was created at about the same time as the Colt Peacemaker and the Winchester 73—these were the guns that “won the West.” Firearms of the Texas Rangers, with more than 180 photographs, tells the history of the Texas Rangers primarily through the use of their firearms. Author Doug Dukes narrates famous episodes in Ranger history, including Jack Hays and the Paterson, the Walker Colt, the McCulloch Colt Revolver (smuggled through the Union blockade during the Civil War), and the Frontier Battalion and their use of the Colt Peacemaker and Winchester and Sharps carbines. Readers will delight in learning of Frank Hamer’s marksmanship with his Colt Single Action Army and his Remington, along with Captain J.W. McCormick and his two .45 Colt pistols, complete with photos. Whether it was a Ranger in 1844 with his Paterson on patrol for Indians north of San Antonio, or a Ranger in 2016 with his LaRue 7.62 rifle working the Rio Grande looking for smugglers and terrorists, the technology may have changed, but the gritty job of the Rangers has not.

The Pistoleer

Author : James Carlos Blake
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 080218975X
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Pistoleer written by James Carlos Blake and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author’s “fearless” debut novel chronicles the life of a legendary Texas outlaw with “a ruthless sensibility . . . spare and tough” (Publishers Weekly). Some called him a Texas hero. Some called him the Devil himself. But on one point they all agreed. While he was alive, John Wesley Hardin was the deadliest man in Texas. A killer at fifteen, in the next few years he became skilled enough with his pistols to back down Wild Bill Hickok in the street. The law finally caught up with him when he was twenty-five. By then, he had killed as many as forty men and been shot so many times that, it was said, he carried a pound of lead in his flesh. In jail he became a scholar, studying law books until he won himself freedom, and afterwards he tried to lead an upright life. It was not to be. By the time he was killed in 1895, Hardin was an anachronism—the last true gunfighter of the Old West. With each chapter told from a different character’s perspective, The Pistoleer is “a genuine tour-de-force” of Western historical fiction from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning author of In the Rogue Blood (Rocky Mountain News). “Astonishing.” —Kirkus Reviews “Detailed and cinematic.” —Publishers Weekly “An achievement by any standards, but as a first novel is simply astounding.” —Roundup Magazine

Texas Gunslingers

Author : Bill O'Neal
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439648921
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Texas Gunslingers written by Bill O'Neal and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of America: Texas Gunslingers presents the concept of Texas as the Gunfighter Capital of the West. Indeed, after the cowboya Texas creationthe most colorful and romanticized frontier figure is the gunfighter. Nothing is more dramatic than life and death conflict, and the image of men in big hats and boots brandishing six-shooters and Winchesters has been portrayed in countless Western novels, movies, and television shows. Texas made an enormous contribution to gunfighter lore. Texas Rangers were responsible for the evolution of Sam Colts revolving pistol, key weapon of gunfighters. More shoot-outs occurred in Texas than in any other state or territory. More gunfighters were from Texas, including kill-crazy Wes Hardin and Killin Jim Miller, the Wests premier assassin. There were more blood feuds in Texas than in any other state. Frequently, gunplay erupted in towns such as Tascosa, El Paso, Fort Worth, and Lampasas, where four lawmen were killed in an 1873 saloon battle.

The Texas Pistol

Author : James Keene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Texas Pistol written by James Keene and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Six Years With the Texas Rangers

Author : James B. Gillett
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Six Years With the Texas Rangers written by James B. Gillett and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Six Years With the Texas Rangers' by James B. Gillett, readers are presented with a firsthand account of Gillett's experiences serving as a Texas Ranger in the late 19th century. The book is written in a straightforward and descriptive style, filled with details of his adventures, the challenges he faced, and the strategic tactics employed by the Rangers. This memoir serves as a valuable historical document, shedding light on the law enforcement efforts in the rugged frontier of Texas during a tumultuous period of American history. Gillett's vivid storytelling immerses readers in the daily life of a Ranger, providing a unique perspective on the dangerous and often violent realities of the Wild West. James B. Gillett's personal insights and observations offer readers a glimpse into the bravery and camaraderie that defined the Texas Rangers. His dedicated service and commitment to upholding justice in a lawless land make 'Six Years With the Texas Rangers' a compelling and enlightening read for those interested in the history of the American West.

The Fight Along Walker's Creek

Author : Mark B Wieser
Publisher : Mark Wieser
ISBN 13 : 9781685244644
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The Fight Along Walker's Creek written by Mark B Wieser and published by Mark Wieser. This book was released on 2021-08-21 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 1844 story of how Samuel Colt's remarkable five-shot pistol proved decisive as Texas Ranger Captain, John Hays, finds his select group of fifteen men he has chosen to patrol the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio, are suddenly surrounded by 75 Comanche warriors bent on slaughtering them. The timing could not have been more critical. Texas president, Sam Houston, is tenuously negotiating for peace will all Texas Indians far to the north . Any disturbance could destroy progress made toward that goal. Outnumbered 5 to 1, Hays has no choice this day but to bet the lives of his men on his decision to have armed each with two of Colt's 5-shot Paterson pistols. Unable to pay his men, Houston had given Hays these surplus Texas Navy weapons thinking they might be something of value. The Navy had found them useless. Hays studied Colt's design carefully and trained his men in what he believed could be their only application. Unable to reload this weapon while mounted, Hays knew, if ever forced to rely on them, that his men must make every shot count or face a certain death. He is convinced that they must only be fired in proximity able to inflict a powder burn. It takes men with exceptional courage not to fire any weapon until just within feet of a screaming, charging warrior. Complicating matters is that the Paterson 5-shot pistol requires the use of both hands to ready for firing. Designed without a trigger guard and no visible trigger, one had to hold the pistol by its barrel as the other cocked the hammer. Only then did the trigger descend-an act that was made even more dangerous if facing an opponent who knew that no weapon then known was able to fire twice. Hays had bet the lives of his men, and his own, that this theory will work. Hays successful application will save a bankrupted Colt. Colt, accepting recommendations from these rangers will create a repeating pistol that helped win the West.

Texas Smoke

Author : Charley F. Eckhardt
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896724396
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Texas Smoke written by Charley F. Eckhardt and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coupled with detailed line drawings, this engaging text covers it all: from the terrifying arquebuses shouldered by the earliest Spanish explorers to the muzzle-loaders that reigned until 1860, when the first cartridges were introduced.

Pistol Packin' Preachers

Author : Barbara Barton
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 1461625963
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Pistol Packin' Preachers written by Barbara Barton and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A writer once denounced the Lone Star State as "where the Godly could battle 'the devil' on his own ground." Circuit riders and other early preachers confronted dangerous outlaws, Indians, wild animals, and Texas' unpredictable weather. Their stories chronicle bringing one element of civilization to early explorers and settlers. Some fought for Texas independence with a Bible in one hand and a rifle in the other; others worked as drovers and preached along the cattle trails. One served as a deputy sheriff; others, as fort chaplains. European immigrant ministers and Negro preachers formed an unlikely mix in East Texas. The frontier lured them into all the danger, adventure, and challenge of others who faced the "devil in Texas." Circuit riders had preached to all regions of Texas before they "hung up their spurs and went to the camp meeting in the sky."

Ben Thompson

Author : Thomas C. Bicknell
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 157441741X
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Ben Thompson written by Thomas C. Bicknell and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous gunfights. As a leading member of the Wild West’s sporting element, Ben Thompson spent most of his life moving in the unsavory underbelly of the West: saloons, dance-houses, billiard halls, bordellos, and gambling dens. During these travels many of the Wild West’s most famous icons—Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, John Ringo, and Buffalo Bill Cody—became acquainted with Ben Thompson. Some of these men called him a friend; others considered him a deadly enemy. In life and in death no one ever doubted Ben Thompson’s courage; one Texas newspaperman asserted he was “perfectly fearless, a perfect lion in nature when aroused.” This willingness to trust his life to his expertise with a pistol placed Thompson prominently among the western frontier’s most flamboyant breed of men: gunfighters.

The Texas Pistol

Author : James KEENE (pseud.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Texas Pistol written by James KEENE (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lone Star Justice

Author : Robert M. Utley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019992371X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Lone Star Justice written by Robert M. Utley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-16 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West. In Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. The Rangers began in the 1820s as loose groups of citizen soldiers, banding together to chase Indians and Mexicans on the raw Texas frontier. Utley shows how, under the leadership of men like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch, these fiercely independent fighters were transformed into a well-trained, cohesive team. Armed with a revolutionary new weapon, Samuel Colt's repeating revolver, they became a deadly fighting force, whether battling Comanches on the plains or storming the city of Monterey in the Mexican-American War. As the Rangers evolved from part-time warriors to full-time lawmen by 1874, they learned to face new dangers, including homicidal feuds, labor strikes, and vigilantes turned mobs. They battled train robbers, cattle thieves and other outlaws--it was Rangers, for example, who captured John Wesley Hardin, the most feared gunman in the West. Based on exhaustive research in Texas archives, this is the most authoritative history of the Texas Rangers in over half a century. It will stand alongside other classics of Western history by Robert M. Utley--a vivid portrait of the Old West and of the legendary men who kept the law on the lawless frontier.

Red Sky Morning

Author : Joe Pappalardo
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250275253
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Red Sky Morning written by Joe Pappalardo and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosive and bloody true history of Texas Rangers Company F, made up of hard men who risked their lives to bring justice to a lawless frontier. Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring bullet wounds, engaged in countless manhunts, was convicted of second-degree murder, and rattled Washington, D.C. with a request for a pardon from the US president. His story anchors the tale of Joe Pappalardo's Red Sky Morning, an epic saga of lawmen and criminals set in Texas during the waning years of the “Old West.” Alongside Brooks were the Rangers of Company F, who ranged from a pious teetotaler to a cowboy fleeing retribution for killing a man. They were all led by Captain William Scott, who cut his teeth as a freelance undercover informant but was facing the end of his Ranger career. Company F hunted criminals across Texas and beyond, killing them as needed, and were confident they could bring anyone to “Ranger justice.” But Brooks’ men met their match in the Conner family, East Texas master hunters and jailbreakers who were wanted for their part in a bloody family feud. The full story of Company F’s showdown with the Conner family is finally being told, with long-dead voices heard for the first time. This truly hidden history paints the grim picture of neighbors and relatives becoming snitches and bounty hunters, and a company of Texas Rangers who waded into the conflict only to find themselves in over their heads – and in the fight of their lives.