"Reconsidering the myth of "good guys in white hats" "
The Texas Rangers have been the source of tall tales and the
stuff of legend as well as a growing darker reputation. But the
story of the Rangers along the Mexican border between Texas
statehood and the onset of the Civil War has been largely
overlooked--until now.
This engaging history pulls readers back to a chaotic time along
the lower Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century. "Texas Devils"
challenges the time-honored image of "good guys in white hats" to
reveal the more complicated and sobering reality behind the Ranger
Myth.
Michael L. Collins demonstrates that, rather than bringing peace
to the region, the Texas Rangers contributed to the violence and
were often brutal in their injustices against Spanish-speaking
inhabitants, who dubbed them "los diablos Tejanos"--the Texas
devils. Collins goes beyond other, more laudatory Ranger histories
to focus on the origins of the legend, casting Ranger immortals
such as John Coffee "Jack" Hays, Ben McCulloch, and John S. "Rip"
Ford in a new and not always flattering light.
In revealing a barbaric code of conduct on the Rio Grande
frontier, Collins shows that much of the Ranger Myth doesn't hold
up to close historical scrutiny. "Texas Devils" offers exciting
true stories of the Rangers for anyone captivated by their legend,
even as it provides a corrective to that legend.
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