Cult of glory : : the bold and brutal history of the Texas Rangers

Title Cult of glory : : the bold and brutal history of the Texas Rangers
Names Swanson, Doug J.
Book Number DBC26480
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation "A twenty-first-century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic moments while also documenting atrocities, brutality, and corruption. The Texas Rangers rode into existence in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico, and continue today as one of the most famous of all law enforcement agencies. In Cult of Glory, Doug J. Swanson offers a sweeping account of the Rangers that chronicles both their epic, daring escapades and how the white and propertied power structures of Texas have used them as enforcers and protectors"-- Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. Adult. Strong language. Violence.
Narrator Griffith, Kaleo.
Local Subject History - History of the American West - HUSW
History - HST
History, United States - HUS
Adult Book - AD
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
Audience Notes Contains strong language.
Contains violence.
Male narrator.
LC Subject Law enforcement - Texas - History
Texas - History
Nonfiction
Call Number 363.209764 ANF
Language English
Released 2020
Publication Info Austin : Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Talking Book Program, 2020 (Produced by Penguin Random House Audio LLC.)
Original Publication Recorded from: Unabridged. [New York] : Penguin Audio, 2020. 9780147523143
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