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.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length7 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 15, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
31The Surrender of Four Train Robbers
2Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas
32The Pursuit of Bill Cook and Jim Turner
3A Runaway
33A Miserable Night
4Better Days
34My Experiences With a Bearskin Overcoat
5An Indian Raid
35A Lively Chase
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6A Thief
36Battle in the Dugout
7Ben Hughes
37An Exciting Experience With Indians
8A Buffalo Hunt
38The Arrest of Jerome Loftos
9A Stolen Herd
39The Capture and Trial of Swin
10The Hanging of Bill Longly
40The Capture of Ihart and Sprey
11The Capture of Henry Carothers
41A Prize Fight Prevented
12An Exciting Fisticuff
42A Bank Robbery
13Waterspout at Quanah
43A Call to Hartley
14Five People Beg for Food
44On the Trail of Train Robbers
15The Murder of Hartman
45The San Saba Mob
16The Chase After Del Dean, When I Break My Arm and Ankle
46A Bad Dog
17The Capture and Escape of Morris, the Noted Murderer
47A Good Time Lost
18The Arrest of Hollingsworth
48Fording the River
19The Capture of Mayes, The Noted Horse Thief
49Girls Try to Kiss Neal
20Exciting Experiences While Pursuing Bill James
50The Capture of Wax Lee
21Indians on The Warpath
51The Cowboys' Reunion
22The Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Strip
52Hidden Witnesses
23A Cup and Saucer Event
53The Hanging of Morrison
24A Prisoner Escapes
54A Prayer
25The Capture of Rip Pearce
55I Shoot Myself
26A Practical Joker Gets Into Trouble
56A Call for Protection
27Race Thomas is Guarded
57Unknown Victim Falls in a Gun Fight at Dalhart
28A Sad Farewell
58Appendix. A Last Farewell
29A Clever Thief is Caught
59Memorable Quotes
30The Gordon Train Robbery
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