Follow Me to Hell
McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
ISBN10: 1250214572
ISBN13: 9781250214577
Trade Paperback
400 Pages
$20.00
CA$27.00
In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, throwing cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals into jail or, if that's how they wanted it, six feet under. They would stop at nothing in pursuit of justice, even sending 26 Rangers across the border to retrieve stolen cattle—taking on hundreds of Mexican troops with nothing but their Sharps rifles and six-guns. The nation came to call them “McNelly’s Rangers.”
Set against the backdrop of 200 years of thrilling Texas Rangers history, this page-turner takes readers into the tough life along the Texas border that was tamed by a courageous, yet doomed, captain and his team of fearless men.
It was one hell of a ride!
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Praise for Follow Me to Hell
“A rollicking tale of a Texas lawman and the iron-jawed contingent that rode with him . . . Fans of the Wild West and its pistol-packin’ miscreants will enjoy Clavin’s latest.”—Kirkus Reviews
"Clavin knows Western history . . . [he] tells a good story."—Library Journal
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CHAPTER 1“TEXIAN DEVILS!”
It is generally agreed that Stephen Austin created the Texas Rangers with a few strokes of his quill pen in August 1823. In this call to arms, he did indeed use the word “rangers,” but before this missive...