Texas Ranger Jack Hays in the Frontier Southwest by James Kimmins Greer

John Coffee Hays helped to forge the legend of what a Texas Ranger was. Arriving in Texas in 1836 but just missing the famous battles of the Texas Revolution, nineteen-year-old Hays soon had Sam Houston urging him to join a new group of Rangers. Once out on the frontier, Hays's careful planning and bold—indeed, sensational—forays against the Comanches soon earned him a colorful reputation and a host of nicknames.

At twenty-three Hays was commissioned a captain, and between skirmishes and battles his survey party marked out much of the area around San Antonio. Hays was pivotal in the ultimate defeat of the Comanches and led the Rangers during the Mexican War.

"This is the biography of one of the greatest of the early Texas Rangers......"It is well documented and indexed. It is of interest to both historian and western adventure fans."--Alma Joyce Hahn, The Benton Courier

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Texas Ranger
0-89096-572-2 paper $14.95

LC 93-4302. 5 1/2x8 1/2. 240 pp. 2 maps. Index.
Texas History.

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