{"product_id":"cult-of-glory-the-bold-and-brutal-history-of-the-texas-rangers-paperback","title":"Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoug J. Swanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA twenty-first century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic moments while also documenting atrocities, brutality, oppression, and corruption \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Texas Rangers came to life in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico. Nearly 200 years later, the Rangers are still going--one of the most famous of all law enforcement agencies. In \u003ci\u003eCult of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, Doug J. Swanson has written a sweeping account of the Rangers that chronicles their epic, daring escapades while showing how the white and propertied power structures of Texas used them as enforcers, protectors and officially sanctioned killers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCult of Glory \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with the Rangers' emergence as conquerors of the wild and violent Texas frontier. They fought the fierce Comanches, chased outlaws, and served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. As Texas developed, the Rangers were called upon to catch rustlers, tame oil boomtowns, and patrol the perilous Texas-Mexico border. In the 1930s they began their transformation into a professionally trained police force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountless movies, television shows, and pulp novels have celebrated the Rangers as Wild West supermen. In many cases, they deserve their plaudits. But often the truth has been obliterated. Swanson demonstrates how the Rangers and their supporters have operated a propaganda machine that turned agency disasters and misdeeds into fables of triumph, transformed murderous rampages--including the killing of scores of Mexican civilians--into valorous feats, and elevated scoundrels to sainthood. \u003ci\u003eCult of Glory \u003c\/i\u003esets the record straight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the Texas Indian wars, \u003ci\u003eCult of Glory \u003c\/i\u003eembraces the great, majestic arc of Lone Star history. It tells of border battles, range disputes, gunslingers, massacres, slavery, political intrigue, race riots, labor strife, and the dangerous lure of celebrity. And it reveals how legends of the American West--the real and the false--are truly made.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoug J. Swanson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eBlood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker\u003c\/i\u003e. He was for many years an investigative reporter and editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and spent a year as a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. Swanson currently teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767908368672,"sku":"9781101979877","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/96a3afcd00c9aff63b508b339e744ccb.webp?v=1780320133","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cult-of-glory-the-bold-and-brutal-history-of-the-texas-rangers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}