Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Texas Ranger Memoir of Frontier Law, Outlaw Pursuits, and Old West JusticeBy Sergeant W. J. L. Sullivan
Length7h 36m
About this audiobook
Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas is a vivid firsthand chronicle of frontier policing, violence, endurance, and civic formation in the postbellum Southwest. Written in the plain, energetic style of a participant-observer, it combines memoir, campaign narrative, and local history, preserving the rhythms of patrols, pursuits, arrests, and confrontations that shaped borderland authority. Its literary context lies among nineteenth-century frontier reminiscences, where personal testimony becomes both historical record and moral argument for order amid instability. Sergeant W. J. L. Sullivan writes from within the world he describes: a mounted lawman whose years of service furnished him with intimate knowledge of Texas's unsettled districts, its scattered settlements, and the pressures placed on officers tasked with enforcing law across vast distances. His perspective reflects the habits of military discipline, practical horsemanship, and loyalty to institutional duty, while also revealing the assumptions and tensions of his era. Readers interested in Texas history, frontier law enforcement, or autobiographical accounts of the American West will find this work especially valuable. It offers not merely adventure, but a documentary window onto how order was imagined, contested, and imposed on the frontier.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
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Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (686)
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GenreHistory
Length7 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 15, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas
3A Runaway
4Better Days
5An Indian Raid
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6A Thief
7Ben Hughes
8A Buffalo Hunt
9A Stolen Herd
10The Hanging of Bill Longly
11The Capture of Henry Carothers
12An Exciting Fisticuff
13Waterspout at Quanah
14Five People Beg for Food
15The Murder of Hartman
16The Chase After Del Dean, When I Break My Arm and Ankle
17The Capture and Escape of Morris, the Noted Murderer
18The Arrest of Hollingsworth
19The Capture of Mayes, The Noted Horse Thief
20Exciting Experiences While Pursuing Bill James
21Indians on The Warpath
22The Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Strip
23A Cup and Saucer Event
24A Prisoner Escapes
25The Capture of Rip Pearce
26A Practical Joker Gets Into Trouble
27Race Thomas is Guarded
28A Sad Farewell
29A Clever Thief is Caught
30The Gordon Train Robbery
31The Surrender of Four Train Robbers
32The Pursuit of Bill Cook and Jim Turner
33A Miserable Night
34My Experiences With a Bearskin Overcoat
35A Lively Chase
36Battle in the Dugout
37An Exciting Experience With Indians
38The Arrest of Jerome Loftos
39The Capture and Trial of Swin
40The Capture of Ihart and Sprey
41A Prize Fight Prevented
42A Bank Robbery
43A Call to Hartley
44On the Trail of Train Robbers
45The San Saba Mob
46A Bad Dog
47A Good Time Lost
48Fording the River
49Girls Try to Kiss Neal
50The Capture of Wax Lee
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