Frontier Forts of Texas

A study of Forts Belknap, Bliss, Brown, CLark, Concho, Davis, Mason, and Sam Houston. Introduction by Rupert N. Richardson. Original paintings by Melvin C. Warren.

History

Day, James M.

FRANTZ, Joe B.

Neighbours, Kenneth F.

Nunn

Conger, Roger N.

Americas

Texas Press

This is the story of a man dedicated to law enforcement. It was written by a man dedicated to recording truthfully, accurately and interestingly that man's story. Making full use of official reports, newspaper clippings, and interviews, the author has gathered all the facts. Those facts coupled with a flair for putting them together form the nucleus for an outstanding biography. Add to that the extensive knowledge of Texas history at the author's command and the descriptions of the times and surroundings in which Clint Peoples has lived and worked, and the result is James M. Day's Captain Clint Peoples: Texas Ranger.Because a man is shaped by his family and the values instilled in him, this work begins with Peoples' birth in Bridgeport, Texas, in 1910. It follows him through a childhood and youth not devoid of obstacles, but he survived the trials and grew to responsible adulthood. Negatively impressed with the primitive and sometimes brutal enforcement of the law, he took as his idol the Texas Ranger who had a reputation for fairness, competence, and respect for the law. After gaining his father's permission to enter a law enforcement career, he devoted all his energy to becoming a Texas Ranger. Beginning in Montgomery County in 1930, Peoples served successively as Deputy Sheriff, Special Texas Ranger, Chief Deputy Constable, Chief Deputy Sheriff, and Highway Patrolman before achieving his ultimate goal.On November 30, 1946, Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr., Director of the Department of Public Safety, appointed Peoples a Texas Ranger private. Later Peoples served as Captain of Headquarters Company (1953-1957) and of Company F(1957-1969). Then he became Senior Captain when the post was re-activated in 1969, and he served until his retirement in 1973. During this time he headed the Texas Ranger Sesquicentennial Commemorative Commission and became the spearhead for the beginnings of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame.

Captain Clint Peoples, Texas Ranger: Fifty Years a Lawman

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Marshall Clint Peoples

In this book the editors consider the neglected factor of religion in the formula concerning the etiology and treatment of crime. Every chapter has as its aim the integration of knowledge about religion, values, and crime. Together they go beyond the constraints of those who have neglected one or another of those phenomena, as well as the limitations of theorists whose assertions have not been tested by research, and researchers whose evidence has not been theoretically elaborated. This volume revives longstanding questions, and poses new ones through the integration of previously distinct disciplines and modes of analysis, to move toward a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of the dimensions and aspects involved in crime.

Crime, Values, and Religion:

Laufer, William S.

Praeger

A highly charged expose of the people--including the Bush family--who control, and have controlled, the world's most important natural resource.

Oilmen and Other Scoundrels

Business & Money

Industries

Barricade Books

The discovery of the Black Giant in 1930 was the largest oil strike in the U.S. at that time, and its gushers changed the face of the oil industry. Oilmen, promoters, oil patch workers, and the nation's unemployed streamed into the tiny hamlets of East Texas for their share, but they faced wars between "big oil" and independent oilmen, bootleg or "hot oil," martial law, and legalized price fixing. Yet the Black Giant turned out to be the salvation of the drought-stricken farmers, helped in the fight against Germany and Japan, and made lots of folks "Texas rich." In "The Black Giant," the characters, times and oil industry skullduggery are recalled and explained in dozens of sidebars full of humorous facts and trivia. The author, law professor at Washing College of Law, The American University, practiced oil and gas law for more than 35 years and focused on oil and gas matters during the Arab oil embargo for the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The Black Giant: A History of the East Texas Oil Field and Oil Industry Skullduggery & Trivia

Day, Jack M.

Biography & History

Eakin Press

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