Presents an anthology of fifteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts covering key topics of the Texas Rangers during the twentieth century. Chapters discuss their role in the oil fields, in riots, and in capturing outlaws, their us in labour disputes, in race issues, and in the Tejano civil rights movement. The selections cover critical aspects of these experiences—organisation, leadership, cultural implications, rural and urban life, and violence.

BRUCE A. GLASRUD is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University, East Bay, retired dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Sul Ross State University, and a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association and of the East Texas Historical Association. Glasrud has published nineteen books including Buffalo Soldiers in the West and Brothers to the Buffalo Soldiers. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

HAROLD J. WEISS, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of History, Government, and Criminal Justice at Jamestown Community College. He received his doctorate in history from Indiana University at Bloomington and is the author of Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald (UNT Press). He lives in Leander, Texas.