W.J. McDonald
CAPTAIN BILL McDONALD
TEXAS RANGER
A Story of Frontier Reform
BY
ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
Author of "Th: Nast—His Period andHis Pictures," etc., etc.
With Introductory Letter by Theodore Roosevelt
"No man in the wrong can stand up
against a fellow that's in the right
and keeps on a-comin'."
Bill McDonald's Creed.
SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION EDITION
Made by J.J. Little & Ives Co.
New York, 1909
Copyright, 1909, by
WILLIAM J. McDONALD
To
EDWARD M. HOUSE
WITHOUT WHOSE ENDURING
FRIENDSHIP, WISE COUNSEL
AND ACTIVE INTEREST THIS
BOOK WOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN WRITTEN
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| Foreword: | A letter from Theodore Roosevelt | 11 |
| I.— | Introducing "Captain Bill" | 13 |
| II.— | An Old-Time Mississippi Childhood | |
| The kind of education for a young Ranger. Presence ofmind early manifested | 16 | |
| III.— | Emigration and Adventure | |
| A boy at the head of a household. Meeting the "Deviland his wife." An early reform | 21 | |
| IV.— | The Making of a Texan | |
| Reconstruction and "treason." "Dave" Culberson to therescue. Education, marriage and politics | 26 | |
| V.— | The Beginning of Reform | |
| Subduing a bad man. First official appointment. Adeputy who did things. "Bill" McDonald and "Jim" Hogg | 33 | |
| VI.— | Into the Wilderness | |
| A New Business in a New Land. A "Sand-lapper" showshis "sand" | 43 | |
| VII.— | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |